HC Deb 25 August 1893 vol 16 cc1105-6
DR. KENNY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether ho is aware that Dr. O'Driscoll, M.B., Royal University of Ireland, and medical officer of the Goleen Dispensary, District Schull Union, applied on the 3rd of June last for the position of medical attendant to the constabulary at Goleen, Dunmanus, and Crookhaven Barracks, places within his dispensary district; whether his application went through the hands of Sergeant Benus in charge of Goleen Barrack, the latter having written to Dr. O'Driscoll requesting him to send his qualifications; whether Sergeant Benns made this request by the direction or with the authority of his immediate superior, Inspector Langhorne; whether it is the recognised practice to give the medical attendance on the constabulary to the dispensary medical officer within whose district the barracks are situated; whether it is the fact that in this case Dr. O'Driscoll's application was passed over, and Dr. Nixon was appointed to the Dunmanus Barrack, and Dr. Bridoak to Goleen and Crookhaven Barracks, although neither of these gentlemen is medical officer for the district in which said barracks are situated; and whether he can state the reason for the departure from the general rule in this case?

MR. J. MORLEY

The Inspector General of Constabulary informs mo that Dr. O'Driscoll did make the application referred to in the first paragraph. The District Inspector, Mr. Langhorne, directed the sergeant to write to Dr. O'Driscoll to forward his qualifications, but no application for the vacancy went, I am informed, through the sergeant. It is not the recognised practice to give to the dispensary doctor the attendance of the police barracks within his district. The attendance on the police at Crookhaven and Dunmanus stations was given to the medical gentlemen residing nearest to these stations. The Inspector General felt himself unable to accede to Dr. O'Driscoll's application, and it would not be consistent with precedent to call upon him to state his reasons.

DR. KENNY

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that in this case the dispensary doctor resides at least two miles from the barracks?

MR. J. MORLEY

was understood to say he could not interfere in the matter.