§ MR. J. DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that the grand jury of county Monaghan, out of public money placed in their charge, have been paying the county cess on evicted farms on the estates of Mr. Shirley, a grand juryman of the county; whether he can state how many years this practice has been going on and the amount paid each year; whether he can say how many other landlords in county Monaghan have got the county cess paid on their evicted farms by the grand jury; and whether he can state what cause he will take against the grand jury of county Monaghan for their conduct in this matter?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELANDThe Grand Jury have power to represent arrears unrecovered, and I presume they exercised their power in this respect legally. I am not aware of any of the matters stated in the Question, and can only repeat what I have already pointed out to the h**on. Member, that the Executive have no control over, and are not responsible for the action of the Grand Jury in such matters.