HC Deb 18 May 1896 vol 40 c1551
MR. PATRICK M'HUGH

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether Mr. Mallon, a prominent official of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, is allowed £95 per annum for the keep of a horse and groom, as laid down at page 73 of the Dublin Police Code; (2) whether the duties of such official's position necessitate the expenditure of this sum; and (3), whether he is aware that the same official dispensed with the use of a horse last year although in receipt of the allowance referred to?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

The reply to the first and second paragraphs is in the affirmative. It is not the fact, as alleged in the third paragraph, that Mr. Mallon dispensed with a horse last year although in receipt of the allowance referred to.