HC Deb 09 March 1897 vol 47 c287
MR J. P. FARRELL

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether there are but two legal assistant Land Sub-Commissioners in charge of the five counties of Connaught; how long is it since cases from Tubbercurry Union were beard; and when and where it is proposed to have another sitting to dispose of long standing cases listed from that Union?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

Two legal assistant Commissioners are employed in Connaught as circumstances require; the number of such Commissioners at work in the several provinces is not, however, regulated by the number of counties in each province, but by the number of fair-rent applications received from each Poor Law Union. A Sub-Commission Court for the bearing of cases from the Tubbercurry Union sat on the 8th October last and disposed of all cases listed for hearing by that Sub-Commission. The hearing of a further list from this Union commences to-day at Manorhamilton.