§ MR. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is he aware that a complaint was made to the Inspector General of Constabulary, in March last, to the effect that a man under the influence of drink, in the village of Drum, county Monaghan, had been supplied with a pint of whisky on the order of a policeman; did the Inspector General investigate the case; and what decision was arrived at?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe complaint mentioned in the Question was 412 carefully inquired into by the Inspector General, who satisfied himself that there were no grounds for the allegation made.