§ MR. DEASY (Mayo, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that Charles O'Donnell, a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary, at present stationed at Castleisland, county Kerry, has become the tenant of an evicted farm near Newport, county Mayo; and, if so, whether it is in accordance with the rules of the service for police constables to engage in the business of farming?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne)Sergeant O'Donnell is not the tenant of an evicted farm at Newport, County Mayo. He is the trustee of a farm there, and is no way engaged in farming. The instruction to the Force is that the men should not hold farms or engage in agricultural pursuits in the district or county in which they are engaged. Sergeant O'Donnell is not stationed in the County Mayo, but in Kerry.