§ MR. CONOR O'KELLY (Mayo, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will say whether any changes in the Regulations governing the appointment of second-class clerks in the Dublin Metropolitan Police Courts have been made; and, if so, when such changes were made, and what is the nature of them; and if he will state when the next examination, if any, for second-class clerks in the Dublin Metropolitan Courts is likely to be held.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) No change in the Regulations has been made for several years past. No vacancy for a second-class clerk exists or is imminent, and it is impossible to say when a vacancy is likely to arise.