§ Mr. SEXTONasked the Minister of Labour if he has received a Report from the Drogheda Employers' Association notifying him of a dispute between themselves and their workmen, and that, as a consequence, the men were refused unemployment benefit on 13th April; is he aware that in fact there was no dispute but simply a threatened reduction in wages which was the subject of negotiation; and is it the practice of representatives of the Ministry of Labour to act on such notification without first ascertaining the actual facts from the workmen's side?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe administration of the Unemployment Insurance Acts in Southern Ireland was transferred on 1st April last to the Provisional Government. I have therefore no information respecting the case to which my hon. Friend refers.