§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Fermanagh, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether there is any age limit for the retirement of the Dublin police magistrates, and will he state the ages and dates of call to the bar of the present Dublin police magistrates; and do these magistrates hold office during the pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant, or is their tenure of office similar to that of Judges.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) Divisional justices within the police district of Dublin metropolis are appointed under the Act 6 and 7 William 4, c. 29. They hold office during good behaviour or until they are removed by the Lord-Lieutenant. There is no general age limit fixed for the retirement of divisional justices appointed prior to April, 1895, but any divisional justice appointed after that date must retire at the age of seventy. There are four divisional justices, namely, Mr. E. G. Swifte, called to the Bar in 1863, appointed a divisional justice in June, 1890; Mr. T. J. Wall, K.C., called to the Bar in 1861, appointed in February, 1895; Mr. D. Mahony, called to the Bar in 1880, appointed in January, 1899; Mr. T. C Drury, called to the Bar in 1883, appointed in January, 1902. There is no record of the ages of the two gentlemen first mentioned. The remaining two appear to be respectively fifty and fifty-nine years of age.