§ MR. J. MACVEAGHTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the total cost in the last financial year of the Irish police, including the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and the rate per head of the Irish population as enumerated at the 1901 Census.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The net cost of the Royal Irish Constabulary for the year 1905–6, as borne upon the Votes, was £1,319,852, and the cost to local authorities was £22,908 (Belfast £20,347, Londonderry £1,134, Counties for extra police £1,427). The net cost of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, as borne upon the Votes (excluding £5,209, the average annual net cost of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Courts Establishment) was £102,131, and the cost to local authorities was £42,446. The total cost, therefore, was £1,487,337, namely £1,421,983 borne by the State and £65,354 by local authorities, and the total cost is equivalent to 6s. 8d. per head of the population as shown by the Census of 1901.