§ MR. HARRINGTON (Dublin, Harbour)On behalf of the hon. Member for the College Green Division of Dublin, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with regard to the fact that County Court Judges in Ireland have not sufficient judicial work to occupy their time for more than at the outside six months each year, whether, with a view to greater economy in the Public Service in Ireland, he will take the opportunity afforded by the first vacancy in the ranks of the County Court Judges to unite the county vacated with some adjacent county?
MR. J. MORLEYWhen the Act of 1877 was passed, the question was carefully considered as to what counties could be grouped consistently with public convenience, and this Act, the 40 & 41 Vict., c. 56, united a number of counties in groups for County Court jurisdiction. Further grouping might necessitate less frequent sittings in each county, and recently there has been a demand for more frequent ones.