HC Deb 01 May 1890 vol 343 c1832
MR. WILLIAM CORBET

I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether it is a fact that the police were called in to quell a disturbance in the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, on the 27th April; whether this is the first time the police were called on to act in the Asylum; what was the origin of the outbreak; and will any inquiry be made into the management of this Institution?

MR. MADDEN

The reply to the inquiry in the first paragraph is in the affirmative, to that in the second paragraph in the negative. The origin of the disturbance was the withdrawal of certain extras. The Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums have already arranged to inquire generally into this Institution at an early date.

DR. TANNER (Cork, Mid)

By whose authority were the police called in?

MR. MADDEN

I cannot tell.

DR. TANNER

Was it by order of the Magistrates, or otherwise?

MR. MADDEN

The hon. Member had better give notice of the question.