HC Deb 22 March 1895 vol 31 cc1687-8
MR. JOHN HAMMOND (Carlow)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) what is the age of the present Crown Solicitor for Carlow; (2) does the office of Crown Solicitor come under the 65 rule; (3) is he aware that the Crown Solicitor for Carlow has been unable from old age and infirmity to attend the last assizes; (4) and, whether in view of the fact that the Government insisted on resignation in the case of the Limerick Crown Solicitor, who was incapacitated by infirmity although his work was satisfactorily discharged by his son, he will state what course will be pursued in regard to Carlow?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. MORLEY,) Newcastle on Tyne

There is no official record of the age of the present holder of the office of Crown Solicitor for Carlow, which does not in his case, I am told, fall within the scope of the 65th rule. The Attorney General sanctioned the employment of a substitute for this gentleman at the last assizes on the ground of his illness, and I understand the Crown business at that assizes was of a trifling character. The late Crown Solicitor for Limerick had been unable for several years to discharge his duties in person through loss of sight, and so far as I am aware the inability of the Crown. Solicitor of Carlow to attend his duty was only on the occasion of the last assizes.