MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what steps are being taken to relieve County Clare from the tax for extra police, and what is the total amount of the impost for extra police in Clare since 1881?
§ MR. W. H. K. REDMONDBefore the right hon. Gentleman answers this question I would ask him if it is not the same question which I put, and which the right hon. Gentleman answered last Thursday?
MR. J. MORLEYI do not see any substantial difference between the answer I have to give to-day and the answer I gave on the last occasion. A proposed reduction of 25 men of the extra force in County Clare has been approved by Government. Of this number a reduction of 10 men takes effect from 1st instant, and the remaining 15 will be reduced by 3lst March 1895. This reduction of 25 men is equivalent to a relief of about £800 per annum to the County. The total amount charged to County Clare for extra police from Spring Assizes 1891 to Spring Assizes 1895, both inclusive, is about £73,000.
MR. T. M. HEALYI apologise to the hon. Member for County Clare, who thinks I have been taking his question. I may say that I have been asking this question for the last ten years.