asked the Minister for Home Affairs what is the position in regard to the guns taken up from farmers and others in the pre-Truce period by the British authorities, and what steps are necessary to be taken by the owners to recover possession of these guns.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - SEIZED SHOT-GUNS.
Mr. O'HIGGINS
Arrangements, which will be in operation from the 1st October, are being made to restore these guns to their owners. The guns will be returned by the Ministry of Defence to applicants resident in the Dublin area at Island Bridge Barracks, and to applicants resident in other areas at the Headquarters of the nearest Military Command. The procedure entails an application for a licence to be in possession of the arms to a Superintendent of the Dublin Metropolitan Police or to a Superintendent of the Gárda Síochána, as the case may be. These licences should be presented by the applicants, who should also furnish any official receipts in their possession in respect of the guns, as well as any descriptive particulars which would lead to the easy identification of the arms.