§ MR. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland, has it come to his knowledge that, at the Ballygawley Petty Sessions, on the 19th inst., the Ballygawley Loan Fund Society were granted committal orders on summonses issued by them against a number of defendants, under the Employers' and Workmen's Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Viet., c. 90); and does this Act apply in the cases of persons borrowing money from loan fund societies, or in that of the sureties of such persons?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. JOHN ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.Yes, Sir, I find that the facts are as stated in the Question. The Act referred to does not apply to borrowers or their sureties.