§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is the fact that armed constables at Killybegs, county Donegal, have gone to sea in boats to examine whether illegal salmon fishing is going on; is this done by instruction of the Fishery Inspectors; if not, at whose request, and by whose orders; and, if there is any parallel for such Naval Police surveillance elsewhere?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that it is not a fact that constables armed or otherwise have been employed at Killybegs in the manner described in the Question.
§ MR. HEALYWill the right hon. Gentleman give a guarantee that constables will not be so employed in future?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that it is a service which ought not to be imposed upon the Constabulary. I cannot go further than that.