§ MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction existing in the Kilglass district, county Roscommon, by reason of the fact that the district inspector of police at Strokestown brings his dogs and ferrets on the lauds of Clooneen to kill rabbits, with the result that ewes in lamb have been chased about and cattle driven over the fences; and whether, in view of the reduction of the police force now going on in Ireland, he will recommend the abolition of Strokestown as a separate district and its amalgamation with a neighbouring district.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe district inspector states that he has never had his dogs on these lands, and the suggestion that sheep and cattle have been chased by them is therefore unfounded. There is no intention to abolish the district station at Strokestown.