§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if any money has been paid from the Constabulary Force Fund to either officers or men of the Royal Irish Constabulary who joined that Force since 1883; and, if so, how much; if, during the Crimean War, any money was used from this fund to equip and transport the volunteers from the Royal Irish Constabulary to the different corps for which they volunteered; and, if so, how much; and if the Constabulary Force Fund was drawn upon to build a wing of the present Constabulary Depôt in Dublin; and, if so, to what amount?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Constabulary authorities report that, inasmuch as officers and men of the Royal Irish Constabulary joining the force since the Act of 1883 are precluded by that Act from contributing to the Constabulary Force Fund, neither they nor their widows or children have received, or will receive, any grant from the insurance branch of the Fund. They are entitled to receive for good police service grants from the reward branch of the Fund. Eight men appointed since the Act of 1883 have received such rewards, amounting in all to a total of £18. No such payments as are mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of the question have been made, or could possibly be made, from the Fund.
§ SIR THOMAS ESMONDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what sum did Colonel Hillier receive from the Constabulary Force Fund, when retiring as Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and how long did Colonel Hillier occupy the position of Inspector General; what sum was paid Colonel Bruce on his retirement from the position of Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary from the Constabulary Force Fund; and what was the period of his service in that Force?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Constabulary authorities report that Colonel Hillier on retirement received from the Constabulary Force Fund a sum of £279. He had served in the Force for 22 1–3 years, of which 5 7–12 years had been in the position of Inspector General. Colonel Bruce received from the same Fund on his retirement a sum of £232 10s. He had served in the Force for 8 2–3 years.