§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is intended to make any reduction in the number of assistant inspectors general and county inspectors in the Royal Irish Constabulary; and whether it is contemplated to make any 390 adjustment in the establishment so as to compensate the various ranks for the stoppage of promotion which reduction has entailed.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) No reduction in the number of assistant inspectors general or county inspectors is under consideration. The existing statutory law requires that there shall be a county inspector for each county. The Answer to the latter part of the Question is in the negative.