§ MR. GIBSONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, When will the Bill relating to the pay and allowances of the Royal Irish Constabulary be introduced; will that Bill deal with the case of constables as well as inspectors; and, will it take into account the claims of the inspectors and sub-inspectors for their extra labour and expense during the last eighteen months; and, if not, is it intended to leave without acknowledgment, in the case of inspectors or sub-inspectors, claims which in the case of constables and sub-constables are deemed worthy of a grant of £180,000?
§ MR. TREVELYANWhatever measure it may be found necessary to introduce in order to carry out the recommendations of the Commission which recently sat and inquired into the pay and allowances of the officers of the Constabulary and the allowances of the men will be introduced when the Irish Government and the Treasury have finally settled the preliminaries upon which they are now in communication. The Report deals with the allowances only of the constables, and no Act of Parliament is necessary, consequently, to meet their case. I think I answered the remaining portion of the right hon. and learned Gentleman's Question yesterday. The claims of the officers will be dealt with by a more permanent arrangement.
§ MR. HEALYwished to know whether constables against whom verdicts of "wil- 1703 ful" murder had been returned by coroners' juries would share in the contemplated rewards?
§ [No answer was given to the Question.]