§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the rules regulating the standard of efficiency of the members for the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force is the absence of crime or complaint upon the part of the public residing in the area or the number of cases the men succeed in making.
MR. BRYCEI am informed that the efficiency of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police force is judged by the success of their efforts in the prevention of crime and in the detection and arrest of offenders.