§ MR. CONDON (Tipperary, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland at whose instance and with what object a force of extra police, mostly armed with rifles, including 759 a corps of cyclists, together with a Government note-taker, were drafted into the village of Dualla, county Tipperary, on Sunday, 11th June, in view of the peaceful condition of Dualla and the district; and will he say who will have to bear the cost.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The police, of whom only six out of thirty-six were armed with rifles, attended at the instance of the Government, with the object of preserving the public peace on the occasion of a public meeting, at which there was reason to apprehend that intimidation would be used towards individuals in the locality. The cost of the police so employed will be borne by the Constabulary Vote.