§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether an officer of the Constabulary in Ireland is allowed £50 a-year for a horse as well as an allowance of 9d. a mile for every mile travelled over six miles from the headquarter station; and, whether he will lay upon the Table a Return showing the amount paid to each County Inspector on account of this mileage allowance during the last year for which the accounts are complete?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)All Constabulary officers receive an allowance of £50 a-year to enable them to keep a horse and purchase a fresh one when necessary. The Question set down by the hon. Member, however, appears to be intended to apply only to County Inspectors, as the reference to the six-mile limit is applicable only in their case. For travelling on their quarterly inspection duty they receive the mileage allowance stated, outside a radius of six miles from their headquarters. On other duties they are paid the actual expense of travelling by public conveyance, so far as such is available, and mileage for the rest of the journey.