HC Deb 30 May 1916 vol 82 cc2583-4W
Mr. GWYNNE

asked if the Home Secretary would state for each county in Ireland the total number of persons who have been added to the commission of the peace in each year since 1910; how many of these were appointed upon the recommendation of the Lords Lieutenant of

NUMBERS OF MAGISTRATES APPOINTED IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES IN IRELAND IN EACH YEAR SINCE 1910.
County. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. Total.
Antrim … 26 7 22 — — — 55
Armagh … 2 3 — — 23 — 28
Carlow … 5 4 2 3 — — 14
Cavan … 6 11 16 13 — — 46
Clare … 9 3 3 7 — 1 23
Cork … 18 25 2 39 40 — 124
Donegal … 15 12 12 46 — 32 117
Down … 18 15 — 16 10 — 59
Dublin … 5 19 18 24 1 — 67
Fermanagh … 7 5 11 9 — — 32
Galway … 7 13 8 17 17 — 62
Kerry … 10 15 — 11 — 6 42
Kildare … 8 2 3 7 8 — 28
Kilkenny … 13 4 — 17 14 1 49
King's … 3 8 6 — 2 — 19
Leitrim … 3 7 — 4 8 — 22
Limerick … 14 9 6 9 1 — 39
Londonderry … 30 14 5 9 23 4 85
Longford … 2 8 — 9 — — 19
Louth … — 15 9 15 — — 39
Mayo … 4 3 16 16 9 — 48
Meath … 8 8 5 — 6 — 27
Monaghan … 20 5 3 — 12 — 40
Queen's … 11 7 — 8 12 8 46
Roscommon … 3 1 2 6 1 — 13
Sligo … 8 5 1 16 — — 30
Tipperary … 15 18 10 16 2 1 62
Tyrone … 10 15 20 24 10 — 79
Waterford … 2 9 15 11 1 4 42
Westmeath … 6 8 2 12 — 8 36
Wexford … 7 2 5 7 — — 21
Wicklow … 15 5 2 15 — — 37
Totals … 310 285 204 386 200 65 1,450
Number of ex-officio Magistrates sworn in in each of above years—
57 26 26 44 19 3 175

the respective counties; how many were appointed without such a recommendation, and how many were appointed virtute officii?

Mr. SAMUEL

The appended table shows the number of magistrates appointed by the Lord Chancellor for each county in Ireland in each year since 1910; also the number in Ireland who have taken the oaths and become magistratesvirtute officii. It is not possible to state with any certainty upon whose recommendation these gentlemen have been appointed to the Commission of the Peace by the respective Lord Chancellors during the period 1910–1916, but during the tenure of office of the present Lord Chancellor the co-operation and consent of nearly all the Lieutenants of counties have been obtained, especially in the counties where the number of appointments is in any way considerable.