§ MR. LONSDALEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been directed to the fact that process servers have refused to serve writs for rent in the South and West of Ireland, alleging that their lives would be in danger if they tried to effect service; whether he is aware that Mr. Justice Boyd has made orders substituting service by posting a copy of the writ on the nearest constabulary station; and whether he will take measures to prevent the law being paralysed by the violence of people who refuse to pay their debts.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe police authorities inform me that a few cases have come to their notice in which process servers have refused to serve writs for rent, but it is not the case that process servers generally in the south and West of Ireland have so refused. I understand that in the cases specially referred to, Mr. Justice Boyd directed service by posting the writs outside the nearest police station. The police invariably afford all necessary protection to process servers 105 when application is made to them in sufficient time.
§ MR. LONSDALEDo the process servers allege that their lives are endangered when they try to effect service of writs?
§ MR. BIRRELLI cannot say if any process server has made such an allegation.