§ MR. LEAMYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Why in the recent appointment of police surgeon at Waterford the dispensary medical officers were passed over, contrary to the rule that such appointments shall be given to dispensary medical officers, unless there is good reason to the contrary?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, in making the selection which he had done, the Inspector General believes that he has secured for the Constabulary the best available medical advice, and that is the ground of the appointment. Dr. Connolly, the gentleman appointed, is also medical officer of the Fever Hospital where the Constabulary are treated.
§ MR. LEAMY, while wishing it to be understood that he had no objection whatever to Dr. Connolly, desired to know why the appointment was not given as usual to the dispensary medical officer?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, such a rule had existed, but it was a Departmental rule. It was always intended that it should within the province of the Inspector General to override the rule in case of necessity. The Inspector General regarded it as a rule adopted originally for the purpose of saving trouble to the officers who had the appointment. He (Mr. Trevelyan) 2104 intended, on his return to Dublin, to inquire into the method by which the appointments were made.