MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the extra Police Tax at present being demanded from the ratepayers of the parish of Mollahiffe, in the 1424 county of Kerry, is at the rate of two shillings in the £1 per annum; and, whether the police hut in which extra constables are quartered was erected on the farm of Mr. Jeremiah Leahy, despite his protest, and because he had given the site for a hut to an evicted tenant of Lord Kenmare; and, if he would explain what is there in the present state of the district to warrant the retention of the extra police force?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the extra police tax is at the rate mentioned. The site of the hut is in the possession of Lord Kenmare, having been surrendered to him by Jeremiah Leahy, in June, 1881. It is, therefore, not the case that the hut was erected on Leahy's holding against his will. The district is reported to be one of the most dangerous in Kerry. There are a number of persons in it who have to be specially protected, and the extra police cannot be removed at present.
§ MR. PARNELLCan the right hon. Gentleman inform us how many agrarian outrages of any kind have taken place in this district since last May?
§ MR. TREVELYANI will be glad to inform the hon. Member if he gives Notice of the Question.
MR. O'BRIENMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman, how many police protection huts there are on the estate of the Earl of Kenmare; and, whether the sub-agent of Lord Kenmare and the constable in charge of one of these huts have been returned for trial for one of the offences which, it is alleged, has rendered these extra police necessary?
§ MR. TREVELYANIf the hon. Member will put the Question on the Paper I will answer it. I cannot do so now.