HC Deb 25 February 1886 vol 302 cc1215-6
MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is a fact that, on the 28th April 1885, in reply to an inquiry by William Feny, the resident medical superintendent of the Let-terkenny Lunatic Asylum stated that John Feny, an inmate, "was not improving in the state of his mind, but that his bodily health is good;" whether, in reply to a further application, William Feny was informed, by the same official, on the 20th August 1885, that his son John had died on the 14th July 1884; and, whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the case?

THE CHIEF SECRETAEY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY)

Some confusion appears to have arisen from the fact that there were two patients of the same name at the same time in this asylum.

MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

Will the right hon. Gentleman inquire generally into the condition of the persons in this asylum, and the number of deaths?

MR. JOHN MORLEY

was understood to reply in the affirmative.