§ MR. GIBSONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is contemplated to make a large expenditure of many thousand pounds on the Land Commission Court in Merrion Square, to make it less unsuitable than it is at present for its purposes; and, whether, before sanctioning any such expenditure, the Government will have regard to the oft repeated re- 928 quests of suitors and their professional representatives that the Land Commission should hold its sittings at or near the Four Courts?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed by the Land Commission that no such expenditure is contemplated. A new building has lately been commenced at Upper Merrion Street; but it is a fireproof record room.
§ MR. GIBSONIs it true that it will cost between £6,000 and £10,000?
§ MR. TREVELYANI do not known that. The answer I have received, as I said, states that the new building about to be commenced at 24, Upper Merrion Street, is a fireproof record office. There has been no alteration in the present Court since it was arranged in 1881, and no further expenditure is contemplated upon it.