HC Deb 15 June 1896 vol 41 c1068
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, if he could state to the House what is the quota of the free force police to which county Clare is entitled; and what was the number of free force police in Clare on 1st June instant?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The county Clare is entitled to a free force of 344 men. The entire police establishment of the county, inclusive of the extra force, consists of 484 men and of this number there were, on the 1st of June, 482 men serving in the county and two recruits training at the depôt.