§ MR. M. BROOKSasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether he has from time to time observed the reports published in the Dublin newspaper press, of complaints by the leading Irish Judges of interruption in legal business in the Criminal and Civil Law Courts in Dublin, in consequence of the non-attendance of jurors owing to the names of the dead and non-est persons appearing on the jury list after the annual revision; whether he has also observed a report in the Dublin newspaper press of the 5th instant, of an application by the Dublin Jurors' Association to the Honourable the Recorder of Dublin, to revise the lists, and on which application the lists for 1881 which came into operation in January last, were freed of nearly 200 worthless entries; and, whether, in view of preventing future interruptions in the administration of the large legal business carried on in the Irish metropolis, it is the intention of the Government to adopt the suggestion then made by the Recorder, which strongly recommended as most needful the institution by the Legislature of regularly quarterly sittings being held in the City of Dublin by the officially appointed Revising Barristers, so as to maintain the correctness of such jury lists?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)The Judges 1082 have, I believe, complained of inconveniences caused by the imperfect revision of the Jury Lists of the City of Dublin. I have seen a newspaper report of the proceedings before the Recorder, to which the hon. Member refers, and can only say that the suggestion of quarterly revisions of the Jury Lists being provided for shall receive our consideration.