§ MR. J. F. HOGAN (Mid Tipperary)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) whether he is aware that much loss and inconvenience was occasioned to certain road contractors, who travelled in some instances 15 miles in order to be present at the adjourned Road Session appointed to be held at Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, on the 20th instant, and found that their business could not be transacted owing to the absence of Magistrates; and (2) whether, with a view to prevent the recurrence of such loss and inconvenience, he will consider the propriety of re-establishing the Road Session at Cappawhite?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JOHN MORLEY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)The statements in first paragraph of question appear to 725 be accurate. It seems, however, that this is the first occasion on which no Magistrate attended, and that a similar non-attendance is unlikely to occur again. Cappawhite is not in a central position; it is consequently unsuitable, so I am informed, for Road Sessions. Under any circumstances, however, the fixing of places for the holding of Road Sessions is a matter for the Grand Jury, and it is for the parties interested to approach that body should a change be desired.