§ 20. Mr. HORNERasked in the event of the Government of Ireland Bill becoming law, the basis upon which the pension of a constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary would be calculated who had served nineteen years at the time the force was transferred to the Irish Government, and who then elected to retire voluntarily rather than serve under the Irish Government?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIf the hon. and learned Member had referred to Rules 2, 3, and 4 of the Fourth Schedule which regulate the calculation of the compensation allowance payable in the circumstances mentioned in the question, he would have discovered for himself that the constable he is thinking about would be entitled to a compensation allowance of 30/50 of what his pay would probably have been in the same rank at the end of the five added years, subject to the limitation that it is not to exceed two-thirds of his annual pay at the time of retirement.