HC Deb 09 August 1894 vol 28 cc447-8
MR. T. M. HEALY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if, of the seven depôt officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary residing in the Phœnix Park—namely, the Commandant, the Adjutant, and five District Inspectors, only one (a District Inspector) is au Irishman and a Catholic, all the others being Englishmen and Protestants; and whether these seven form the disciplinary officers of the depôt?

MR. J. MORLEY

There are 12 officers permanently stationed at the Constabulary depot; of these, I am told, eight are Protestants and four Roman Catholics, six are Englishmen and six Irishmen. All these officers are disciplinary officers in their several departments.

MR. W. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)

May I ask whether these interrogatories are likely to advance the cause of Home Rule in Ireland?

MR. T. M. HEALY

They are likely to get fair play for the Catholics, at any rate.