§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he has received from the Shillelagh Board of Guardians a statement to the effect that the time allowed for Tinahely Quarter Sessions is insufficient for the discharge of the public business; and whether he has given the matter his consideration; and, if so, with what result?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURA communication has been received to the effect stated in the first paragraph. The Civil Bill Court sits at Tinahely twice a year, and neither criminal, licensing, land, or equity business is transacted there. The Chairman of Quarter Sessions is responsible for the time allowed for the transaction of business at each Sessions town, and no change could now be made in the current year's Sessions List, which has been published. The Chairman informs me, however, that he will give due regard to the suggestion for an extension of the time allowed to the business at Tinahely, when settling his List for 1899.