§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the amount of the fines levied in the Dublin police courts during the years 1184 1899 and 1900, and to what purpose the fines have been applied.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe amount of the fines and costs levied in these courts in 1899 was £5,760 16s. 5d., and in 1900 £5,316 14s. A portion of these amounts was appropriated in aid of the Metropolitan Police Vote, and the balance was paid to local bodies and in the shape of costs, awarded to private individuals, to which they are entitled under various statutes.
§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORWhat proportion was applied to the Constabulary Fund?
§ MR. ATKINSONThe fines and costs levied in 1899 were applied as follows:—£4,843 1s. 4d. to the Dublin Metropolitan Police Vote, £917 15s. 1d. to local bodies and private persons. In 1900 the allocation was £4,168 7s. 8d. to Police Vote, £1,148 6s. 4d. to local bodies and private persons.
§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORAm I to understand that the whole of this money goes to the police?
§ MR. ATKINSONThe hon. Member is to understand exactly what I have said.