§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that several police barracks or stations in the County of Donegal have been condemned as unsanitary by the medical officers of the County Force; how many have been condemned by the Constabulary Authorities; how long is it since such stations were first condemned; how many constables have died in Donegal in the last six years, and what were the causes of their deaths; is each unmarried constable compelled to pay as barrack rent £2 12s. a-year out of his salary; and, by what authority, and on whose representations, is the deduction made?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)In the case of one police barrack only in the County Donegal has the sanitary accommodation been found defective. It was pronounced defective in May last. Steps have been taken to provide a remedy, and are still in progress. There were 12 deaths from disease during the last six years, due to the following causes:—Fever, 4; brain 250 fever, 1; consumption, 4; internal tumour, 1; inflammation of the brain, 1; sudden death, 1. A deduction of 1s. a-week, equivalent to £2 12s. a-year, is made from the pay of men lodged in barracks. The deduction is made under Section 2 of 46 & 47 Vict. c. 14.