§ MR. CALLANasked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether, in the event of his proceeding with the Clauses of which he has given Notice for the purpose of extending the Bankruptcy Bill to Ireland, he will be prepared to introduce further Clauses expressly reenacting the several Clauses of "The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 1857," and "The Bankruptcy Amendment (Ireland) Act, 1872," which it is proposed not to repeal, so as to make the present Bill as complete a Code for Ireland as it will be for England; and, whether, in the event of his not doing so, he will be prepared to accept and adopt the Amendments requisite to expressly introduce such Clauses, instead of leaving it to the Irish Courts hereafter to determine how far these Acts of 1857 and 1872 are consistent or inconsistent with the present Bill, as is contemplated by the Clauses of which he has given Notice?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER), in reply, said, he could answer the Question in a sentence. It was not the intention of the Government to make any alteration of the Irish clauses in the Bankruptcy Bill. Just as the Bill in reference to England did not repeal the sections constituting the existing Courts, so with reference to Ireland the clauses were not repealed which constituted the Irish Court of Bankruptcy and the County Courts.
§ MR. CALLANasked, whether the clauses extending the Bankruptcy Bill 145 to Ireland which appeared on the Paper were the same, and, except in principle, identical with those clauses placed before the Grand Committee?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. PORTER), in reply, said, that the clauses had been revised and considerably altered; but in substance they were the same.