§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 1846 tenant of Ireland whether he has received a memorial signed by the officers and attendants of the various asylums for the care and treatment of the insane in Ireland, praying that an Act, similar to the English Asylums Act (25 and 26 Vic. c. 3, s. 12) be passed to provide retiring allowances to Irish officials; and whether, as such a measure passed the House of Commons, unopposed in 1887 with the approval of the Government, be will give favourable consideration to the memorial, and introduce a Bill to remove the anomaly at present existing in regard to a very deserving class of public servants?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have seen the memorial alluded to by my hon. Friend, but I am afraid I cannot hold out any hopes of our introducing a Bill dealing with the question.