Captain COOPERasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that the magistrates at Roscrea, county Tipperary, refused to sit on 4th April as a protest against the insanitary and dilapidated state of the court-house; whether any complaints have previously been received on this subject by the responsible authorities; whether any action is being taken in the matter; and whether the Local Government Board have power to insist on the county council making the necessary repairs?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI understand that the magistrates at Koscrea Petty Sessions on the 4th instant adjourned the court on account of the state of the court house. I am informed that the county court judge1376W had previously made complaints on the subject, and that the justices had already brought the matter under the notice of the county council, who directed the county surveyor to prepare a specification for the necessary works of repair and maintenance. As regards the powers of the Local Government Board in such cases I would refer the hon. Member to Article 15 (3) of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order 1898.