§ MR. SYNANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether he can give any assurance that the Irish Government will revise the Rules and Regulations for the Government of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, under the Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 107, s. 9, with a view "to alter or revoke" the rule in relation to tenders that has given offence to some Governors of Lunatic Asylums in that country?
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, in reply, said, that the Rules and Regulations of the Irish Lunatic Asylums had recently been most carefully revised by a Committee of the Irish Privy Council, specially appointed for the purpose. An objection had been made by the Governors of the Limerick Lunatic Asylum to one of the Rules relating to tenders, and on inquiry it was found that the view of the Governors of other Lunatic Asylums in Ireland was not the same as that of the Governors of the Limerick Lunatic Asylum. He was informed that some of the Governors of the latter had resigned and others were likely to follow their example; and, therefore, he would consider whether it was in any way possible to alter the Rule in accordance with their wishes. It was evident, however, that there must be one uniform Rule for the whole of Ireland.