asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether he is prepared to arrange that sittings of the Circuit Court will be held in future at Strokestown, County Roscommon.

The power of prescribing the places at which Circuit Court judges sit is not vested in the Minister for Justice. The District Court, which has already a fairly extensive jurisdiction, sits regularly at Strokestown. A further increase in the jurisdiction of that court is in contemplation and will, I think, meet this case and similar cases which have been brought to my notice.