HC Deb 24 June 1901 vol 95 c1222
DR. AMBROSE

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that there is a police hut at Slinann and also at Moyna, in the Westport, county Mayo, police district; and that the distance between the two is only three miles; and, seeing that there is a police barrack between and equidistant from these huts, and as the district is crimeless, would he see that the huts are removed and the police withdrawn.

MR. WYNDHAM

These huts were established for the purpose of preventing crime, and, in the opinion of the local authorities responsible, cannot at present be removed with safety.

MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo, S.)

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the police at these huts have for a long time had nothing to do?

MR. WYNDHAM

I have no such information.

MR. JOHN O'DONNELL

But it is the fact.

MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

Could not some of them be sent to Queen's Island, Belfast?