§ MR. P. A. M'HUGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state how many cases were entered for hearing at the Killaloe Quarter Sessions in the two years ended 31st March, 1898; how many of those cases, exclusive of those settled after entry, were disposed of by the county court judge in Killaloe, and how many were adjourned by him to Ennis; is he aware that litigants in the Killaloe Quarter Sessions district are constantly subjected to serious inconvenience and expense through the adjournment of their cases to Ennis; and can he explain on what grounds cases are being constantly adjourned from Killaloe to Ennis by the county court judge?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe number of cases referred to in the first paragraph is 41. Of these, 19 were disposed of at Killaloe and three were adjourned to Ennis. In two of the adjourned cases the adjournment was by consent of the solicitors for both parties, and in the remaining case, the plaintiff's solicitor was not in attendance when the case was called. The statements in the third and fourth paragraphs appear, therefore, to have been made under a misconception of the actual facts.