§ MR. HARRINGTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that Catholic prisoners admitted to Kilmainham Gaol on Saturdays are not allowed to attend Service on Sunday mornings while Protestant prisoners are; and, whether the Governor of this Prison made application to the Prisons Board to flog a prisoner named Daly; and, how long this prisoner was on the plank bed during his imprisonment?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, that, in order to prevent infection, all prisoners were required to be medically examined before they were allowed to attend Divine Service. The Roman Catholic Service was at a quarter to 8 in the morning, and the Protestant Service at a quarter to 2 in the afternoon. The one was, therefore, before the usual hour of medical examination, and the 70 other after it. No complaint had ever been made on the subject; but, as the Prisons Board considered that such a difficulty should not exist in the way of prisoners attending service, they were considering what arrangements could be made in order to remove it. The case of Daly was exceptional and peculiar. It was now specially before the Royal Commission on Prisons, and he could not make any statement on the subject.
§ MR. HARRINGTONasked whether the medical examination was not made only in cases where the Governor suspected the existence of disease?
§ MR. TREVELYAN, in reply, said, the question had latterly assumed an important aspect, and it would be considered by the Prisons Board.