§ Colonel NEWMANasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to a statement by the Minister for Finance in Dail Eireann on the 27th ultimo that the British Government was setting up a branch of the War Compensation Court in Dublin to consider claims for compensation arising out of the action of the British military in Ireland during 1920 21; can he give any information with regard to the constitution and scope of this Court; and is the Free State Government setting up a similar Court to consider claims for compensation arising out of the action of the national military during the same period?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe statement made by the Minister of Finance was that he was in communication with the British Government on this subject, and I cannot at present add anything to that statement.