§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland why there is a police force stationed at Glanquin, county Clare, seeing that there is no crime or disorder in that district.
* MR. BRYCEGlanquin is situated in a remote mountainous district and is six 255 miles distant from the nearest police station. In 1904 it became necessary, owing to the disturbed state of the locality, to establish a police hut at Glanquin. The condition of the district has since improved but, in the Inspector-General's opinion, it is not yet possible to dispense with the police force.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDIs it for the Inspector-General to decide this case? May I ask whether, in view of the tranquility of the district and the fact that the Judge of Assize congratulated the county on the absence of crime, this police force will be removed irrespective of the opinion of the Inspector-General?
* MR. BRYCEI could not think of over-ruling the Inspector's opinion. Probably, as the district is not very disturbed, the police may be removed before long.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDWill the right hon. Gentleman inquire into the matter? We have no confidence in the Inspector-General.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDOn whose authority has the Inspector-General come to his opinion? He does not live in the district.