§ MR. MOOREasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the attention of the Constabulary authorities has been called to the inconvenient mode of paying Constabulary pensions, often causing men advanced in years to travel many miles to receive their pensions in person; and, whether they would consider the advisability of adopting the system by which Army pensioners are paid, by order, at the place in which they reside?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the rule is that the pensioner attends himself to receive his pension once a-month or quarter, at his own option, at the office of the Sub-Inspector in whose district he resides. The pensions of old and infirm men are usually transmitted through the constable of the police station nearest to their place of residence, and they are thus relieved from attendance in person. The advisability of adopting the system by which Army pensioners are paid has been considered; but the conclusion arrived at was that the present plan is preferable in the circumstances of the Constabulary.