§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, when will an examination for County Inspectors' clerks (Royal Irish Constabulary) be held, and what is the cause of delay?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JOHN MORLEY,) New-castle-upon-TyneThe Inspector General informs me that appointments of members of the force to the position of County Inspectors' clerks are made from the list of assistant clerks without examination. For the position of assistant clerk, however, an examination is, as a rule, necessary, but, as a number of members of the force, who have already passed a Civil Service Examination, have volunteered for this post, no further examination is, at present, contemplated.