HC Deb 03 February 1881 vol 258 c56
MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Government propose to adopt the recommendation of the Penal Servitude Commission of 1879, and of the General Prisons Board of Ireland, to discontinue the prison at Spike Island?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

In reply to the hon. Member's Question, I beg to say that it is the intention of the Government to discontinue the prison at Spike Island.