§ MR. FLYNNTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that for the past two years three policemen have been stationed in an outhouse on the farm of MR. Patrick O'Brien, Melchera, Kanturk, county Cork; if he can say on what district does the charge for these extra police fall; is 1213 the Inspector General of Constabulary aware that this farmer, who is not unpopular, attends to his ordinary business at fairs and markets unattended by any policemen; and, if so, whether, in view of the peaceable condition of the Kanturk district, where the Recorder was quite recently presented with white gloves as a mark of the crimelessness of the locality, these extra policemen will be withdrawn from this unnecessary duty.
(Answered by MR. Birrell.) It is the fact that for the past two years three policemen have been stationed on MR. O'Brien's farm in order to provide for his protection. No charge is made upon local authorities in respect of these men. The condition of the district of Kanturk generally has of late much improved, but, in the opinion of the police authorities, it is still necessary to afford police protection to MR. O'Brien.