§ MR. MAURICE HEALY (Cork)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland, if he will state the reasons why the Irish Government have decided to take no steps towards the consolidation of Irish statutes; whether, in view of his reference last year to the "limited staff" of the Irish Office as a ground for not carrying out the work in question, any representations have been made to the Treasury that Ireland should share in the expenditure incurred from year to year in codifying English and Scotch Acts; whether he will mention the Acts as regards which, as announced by him on the 21st January last year, consolidating Bills were then in preparation; whether any of these Bills have been since completed; and whether it would be possible to introduce at least one of them this year?
§ THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. J. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.said that the staff of the Irish Office had been fully occupied since October last with legislation promised for this Session, and in view of the effect of the provisions of the Bill about to be introduced the consolidation of the statutes would be pre mature, and to some extent useless.