§ 44. Mr. HOGGEasked the Chief Secretary whether any firearms have been carried by the men of the Dublin Metropolitan Police while on duty between 1st January, 1920, and the present date; how many men of this force have been killed or wounded during the period while they have been disarmed; and whether, in sorder to ensure their safety, all their arms and ammunition have now been withdrawn?
§ Earl WINTERTONIs it not perfectly well known that the reason why the Dublin Metropolitan Police are not armed is because it is impossible to protect them in their own homes in Dublin, and that they do not function, except in the way of controlling traffic and things of that kind?