§ MR. MAURICE HEALYI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether he is now prepared to state what the Irish Government propose to do in the matter of consolidating the Statute 385 Law so far as Acts applying to Ireland are concerned; and whether his attention has been drawn to the observations made by the Lord Chief Baron in the recent case of Barrett v. Harold as to the unsatisfactory condition of the Irish Poor Law Code in this respect?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELANDMy attention has been called to the report of the Judgment of the Lord Chief Baron as published in the Freeman's Journal of the 7th inst., which contains no reference to the subject of codification. I have only to repeat the answers I gave to the hon. Member on the 21st and 22nd of January last in reference to this Question. The whole matter is still under the consideration of the Irish Government, but I cannot, promise any legislation on the subject this Session, the more especially as several hon. Members from Ireland have announced their intention of raising controversial questions such as those relating to the Poor Law and Municipal Franchise and Rating on every available opportunity.
§ MR. MAURICE HEALYAm I to understand that the Irish Government admit no responsibility for the Government of Ireland?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELANDI don't wish the hon. Member to understand anything of the kind.