§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether all the land in the neighbourhood of Kilrecle, Loughrea, has been sold to the tenants through the Estates Commissioners; whether the district is perfectly crimeless; and whether the Government will consider the propriety of reducing the number of policemen in the district to a normal level.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary informs me that more than one property in the neighbourhood of Kilrecle is still unsold. The two extra policemen who are stationed at Kilrecle are still required for the protection of person and the prevention of cattle-driving, and it would be premature at present to consider the question of withdrawing them.