HC Deb 19 July 1900 vol 86 cc478-9
MR. FLAVIN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of police employed in protecting the farm in Derry situate near Listowel, the property of John Sands, and whether the police so employed cost the district £160 per year; and, if not, how much; and whether, having regard to the present condition of the district, the extra police so employed on this farm will be removed.

MR. G. W. BALFOUR

Two constables are employed in protecting the caretaker on the farm referred to. They will be removed when, in the opinion of the authorities locally responsible, the necessity no longer exists for their employment. The men are supplied from the free force of the county, consequently their employment entails no charge whatever either to the district or the county.

MR. FLAVIN

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the whole duty those men have to perform is to arrest the emergency man and charge him with drunkenness?