§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland whether solicitors in Ireland, who appear to oppose representations at inquiries held under the Labourers Acts, are entitled to fees to be paid, on the order of the Local Government Board, by the rural district council, whether the opposition is successful or not; and if so, to what fee are such solicitors entitled.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe Local Government Board have, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the seventh section of the Labourers Act of 1883, made an Order fixing the costs and expenses which may he allowed to owners of land proposed to be taken opposing a scheme. These costs include, of course, the solicitor's fee, and are payable by the rural district council, The practice is to allow costs only when the opposition is successful, in which case the solicitor's fee is fixed at 10s. 6d.