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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1189, 26 July 1911, Page 4

, A good doal of interest attaches to the insurance problem in Ireland, which i<: jrerv. different from that in England as Ireland is not covered by a network of friendly societies. It is stated that thereare two Koinnn Catholic societies that d ? i? W i Tμ" under tl,e . P roTisi °ns *of tho Bui, but they aro semi-political sociotics and it is suggested that if Irish friendly eocieties wero formed they would in all probability take on a religious or political aspect. Tho experience of industrial insurance companies in Ireland is also different, and some provide separnln insurance table 3 for Ireland. In England tho greater proportion of women would bo post office contributor?, wliilo in'lrcliincl H is anticipated that tho greater proportion of both sexes would bo' post office .contributors. For these reasons it is thought in some quarters that a. separate Bill, or a separate section of the Bill, should embody the proposals to be made for sickness and invalidity insurance in Ireland,