Mr O 'MALLEY (Galway, Connemara)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how often within the last two years were the Spiddal (Connemara) Petty Sessions adjourned owing to the fact that there were no magistrates in attendance; and whether in view of the inconvenience to the public of these adjournments, he will consider the advisability of appointing local justices who will attendance; the Petty Sessions Courts.
1081 (Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Petty Sessions at Spiddal lapsed on two occasions during the past two years owing to the non-attendance of jusices. Applications for appointment to the commission of the peace should he addressed to the Lieutenant of the county.