§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)On behalf of the hon. Member for North Belfast I beg to ask Mr. Attorney General for Ireland if he is aware that at the last elections for county councillors and district councillors in Roscommon a number of county and district councillors who were re-elected without opposition acted as paid presiding officers and poll clerks at contested elections in the same county; and will he state what action he proposes to take in the matter.
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)I am aware that this objectionable practice prevailed at some of the elections in County Roscommon. The question of its legality, which is doubtful, can be raised, I think, either on the audit or by election petition. But I do not at present see what independent action the Executive can take in the matter.