§ SIR JOHN COLOMBTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of candidates for the Royal Irish Constabulary now on the list for entry who have been found physically fit, qualified by excellence of character, and who have passed, either in the first or second class, the examinations; whether all these men are Irishmen; and, if not, what proportion are Irishmen.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) There are 867 candidates on the list. Of these 651 are on the first and 216 on the second class list. All are Irishmen.