§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state the number of cases in which police are now stationed in special localities for alleged 691 special and exceptional duties in Ireland; on whose requisition and order are they so located; and on whose recommendation are they retained in these alleged troubled districts.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) Seven men of the reserve force are stationed in county Cork, and forty-eight men from other counties are serving in county Galway. These extra police were originally sent to, and are now retained in, the counties in question at the instance of the Inspector-General and with the approval of the Government. No charge in respect of extra police is made upon local authorities in county Galway, seeing that the total force employed in that county does not exceed the established strength of the county force. The number of extra police employed in Ireland is now considerably smaller than it has been for some years.