§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in the recent appointment of petty sessions clerk in the district of Portmagee, county Kerry, which is a purely Irish-speaking district, care was taken to select a man who knew the Irish language.
§ MR. WYNDHAMAll the people in this district, with a few exceptions, speak Irish and English. The petty sessions clerk was not required to have a knowledge of Irish. No inconvenience has been caused at any time. An interpreter is always present in the Petty Sessions Court, but his services have been seldom utilised.