§ Sir H. O'NEILLasked the Home Secretary if the Irish Land Purchase Reserve Fund, from which loans were obtained for the erection of labourers' cottages in Northern Ireland, is still available for that purpose; if not, to what purpose is that fund now applied; and what is the position of the fund at the present time?
§ Major ELLIOTThe reserve fund set up under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, ceased to exist (by virtue of Section 28 of the Irish Land Act, 1909) when it became exhausted in 1910. My hon. and gallant Friend is no doubt aware that there also existed a Labourers' Cottages Fund, established under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906. In 1922, however, this latter fund was apportioned between the Governments of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, and any inquiries as to the present position of the Northern Ireland Fund should therefore be addressed to the Government of Northern Ireland.