§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether all the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary now stationed in county Tipperary are Roman Catholics; and, if so, will steps be taken, and when, to have some Protestants stationed in this county.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) According to the latest statistics the Royal Irish Constabulary in county Tipperary consists of 388 Roman Catholics and sixty Protestants.