§ MR. O'SULLIVANasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he is aware that John R. O'Gorman had to pay a large amount in damages and costs for refusing to entertain an emergency man at his hotel in Charleville; whether he has been arrested and detained in prison for over six months; and, whether he will give orders for his release?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)said, he must request that this and other Questions on the Paper of a similar nature might be postponed till the return of the newly-appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant.
§ MR. HEALYasked, whether, in the usual course, Questions put to the Chief Secretary for Ireland were not forwarded to officials in Ireland, who sent back the required information? In that case, the transfer of Office from one Chief Secretary to another ought not to interfere with the answering of the Questions.
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, that the hon. Member for Wexford was not now confining himself to asking a Question.
§ MR. HEALYsaid, his Question was, How it happened that the transfer of the Office of Chief Secretary for Ireland from one person to another should interfere with the answering of Questions put to the former holder of the Office?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. M. JOHNSON)Sir, the late Chief Secretary for Ireland, the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Bradford (Mr. W. E. Forster), always answered every Question upon his own responsibility, and he took the best means in each case of informing himself on the subject.