§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the number of persons receiving constant police protection and special protection by patrols in each county in Ireland on the 1st March; the number of police employed on each of the branches of this duty, respectively; and what is the number of persons not included in this list to whom constant and special police protection was afforded in each county during the period from the 1st January 1906, to 1st February 1907, but from whom protection was withdrawn on the ground that necessity for it had ceased.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Inspector-General of Royal Irish Constabulary has furnished me with the following Return, showing (a) the number of persons receiving constant police protection and the number receiving special protection
| Counties, &c. | (A) Cases on 1st March 1907. | (B) Number of Police affording constant Protection. | (C) Cases withdrawn. | ||||
| Constant. | By Patrol. | Total. | Constant. | By Patrol. | Total. | ||
| Antrim | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Armagh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belfast City | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cavan | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Donegal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Down | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fermanagh | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Londonderry | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Monaghan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyrone | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carlow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dublin | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 40 |
| Kildare | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kilkenny | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| King's | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Longford | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Louth | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Meath | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Queen's | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Westmeath | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Wexford | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wicklow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Galway, East Riding | 5 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| ” West Riding | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Leitrim | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Mayo | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 9 | 9 |
| Sligo | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Clare | 5 | 34 | 39 | 11 | — | 33 | 33 |
| Cork, East Riding | 9 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Cork, West Riding | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Kerry | 13 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Limerick | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | — | 8 | 8 |
| Tipperary, N. Riding | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tipperary, S. Riding | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Waterford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 47 | 152 | 199 | 120† | 23 | 155 | 178 |
| †Eleven of these policemen are not solely employed in affording protection. |
§ by patrol (b) the number of police employed affording constant protection on the 1st March 1907, and (c) the number of cases in which protection was withdrawn between the 1st January 1906 and the 1st February 1907—