MR. FIELDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether for the past 10 years the Dublin Mercantile Association have been advocating the more frequent sittings of the County Courts in Ireland; whether a deputation waited on him in October, 1892, regarding this demand for equality of practice with England and Scotland in this commercial matter; whether the Lord Lieutenant and the Privy Council have the power to increase the number of sittings; and whether they will exercise it, as the Associated Chambers of Commerce, the Association of Trade Protection Societies, and leading newspapers in Ireland are in favour of similar facilities within the United Kingdom?
MR. J. MORLEYThe reply to each of the first three paragraphs is in the affirmative. The matter has been under the consideration of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and I am informed that their Report will be laid before the Lord Lieutenant in Council at an early date.