§ MR. T. P. O'CONNOR (for Mr. HEALY)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that all county officers except coroners are paid when their salaries are due; that the coroners' salaries are always six months in arrear; if this is because all salaries except the coroners' are presented for in advance; and, whether he is aware that the Act of last year, by abolishing fees and substituting a fixed salary, did away with the necessity of the Grand Jury waiting to see the amount to which the coroner is entitled halfyearly; and, if he will, therefore, give instructions that the coroners be put on the same footing in regard to the payment of salaries as the other county officers, by a presentment in advance?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe salaries of county officers in the several counties in Ireland are presented for in advance, 204 and, therefore, can be paid when they become due. In the county of Dublin, I understand, the Coroner's salary is presented for in this way, and there seems no reason why the same course should not be adopted in other counties. It is open to the Coroners to bring the matter under the notice of the several Grand Juries, who have power to deal with it.