§ Mr. GINNELLasked if there is any effective audit or supervision of the accounts and vouchers of returning officers at Parliamentary elections in Ireland, will he say who exercises it; and why the returning officer at the last Parliamentary election in North Westmeath has not yet been required to produce a discharge for the money entrusted to him in connection therewith?
§ Mr. BIRRELLUnder the Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Act, 1875, Section 4, a Parliamentary candidate is entitled to apply to the Court for a 1551W taxation of the accounts of the returning officer, and such Court has full jurisdiction to tax the accounts. If the returning officer at the last Parliamentary election in North Westmeath has not made any return or a return not satisfactory to the hon. Member, the Act of Parliament referred to furnishes him with an adequate remedy.