HC Deb 14 March 1887 vol 312 c179
MR. GILHOOLY (Cork, W.)

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, "Whether, having regard to the fact that 18 hours' notice of an intended eviction, from a landlord or some one on his behalf, must be given to the relieving officer of the union in which the property is situated, and that at any time within a year the landlord may proceed with the eviction without further acquainting the relieving officer, he will consider the advisability of amending the law, so as to compel owners of property, or their agents, to inform the relieving officer of the exact dates of evictions, to ensure that provisional relief should be administered to the persons evicted?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. HOLMES) (Dublin University)

Although I have not hoard that any actual inconvenience has arisen from the state of the law mentioned in the Question, I should like to see it, in some respects, altered; but I fear that any change that could be suggested would cause considerable difficulty. I am, however, at present engaged in further inquiring into this subject.