77. Mr. PALMERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has information that through the Civil Service clerks employed in the administrative department of the Royal Irish Constabulary office, Dublin Castle, important official secrets have become known to Sinn Feiners: whether it was through a leakage in this department that the movements of Assistant-Inspector General Roberts became known, with the consequent determined attempt on his life recently made in the streets of Dublin; and whether, in view of the danger arising from the employment of Civil Service clerks in the Royal Irish Con- 1431 stabulary office, he will take steps to have them replaced by pensioned policemen?
§ Mr. HENRYI have no reason to believe that there has been any leakage of official information through the Civil Service clerks or others employed in the administrative department of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.