§ Mr. BRIANTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what is the present monthly cost of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and the Auxiliary Police Force in Ireland?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODThe monthly expenditure asked for is as follows:—
945W
£ Royal Irish Constabulary (Permanent Force) 430,000 Dublin Metropolitan Police (including Dublin Police Courts)
35,600 Auxiliary formations (including Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish Constabulary, Veteran Corps and Special Constabulary) 155,600
§ Major GLYNasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the officers and men of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Division are under the orders of the officer commanding the troops in areas under martial law; whether Army officers are empowered to give orders to men of the Royal Irish Constabulary or its auxiliary division in cases outside the martial law area when joint military and police operations are in progress; and whether military officers have power to arrest members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the auxiliary division under all circumstances?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODIn the martial law area all the forces of the Crown, including the police, are under the orders of the Military Governor of the area concerned, but for the purposes of discipline and organisation the police remain under the direct command of their own officers. When police are assisting in military operations, the Senior Military Officer takes command and in such cases orders to the police are issued by him to the Senior Police Officer present. Police are only liable to arrest by military if they are found committing offences which would render civilians liable to arrest by military.
§ Major GLYNasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what was and is the strength, of the Royal Irish Constabulary post at Mallow; whether an officer was appointed at once to take District Inspector King's place when that officer was wounded; if not, was there any officer, and, if so, of what rank, in charge of the post on the night of the 29th–30th January and for the period when it is stated that the men from the locomotive shed were put under arrest; and by whose orders were those men arrested?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODIt is obviously undesirable to give particulars of the strength of police posts, especially in an area where a state of rebellion exists. A district inspector was attached to the station in addition to the county inspector.