asked the Minister for Finance whether arrangements have yet been completed with the British Government to enable payment of compensation to be made to Mr. J.J. Fox and other residents of Rosslea, Clones, who were the victims of the Rosslea burnings in February, 1921.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - ROSSLEA BURNINGS.
No agreement has yet been come to with the British Government in regard to the cases mentioned by the Deputy. The question is at the moment the subject of correspondence with that Government. The difficulty is to find a basis on which liability for the damage suffered will be divided between the Governments. In cases of this kind the decrees were levied over areas which are now partly in the Saorstát and partly in Northern Ireland. Each Government may accept liability for the damage in the proportions in which the decrees were so divided or may accept full liability for all the damage occurring within its own borders. I will do everything possible to expedite the disposal of the matter.