MR. MAC NEILLasked the Solicitor General for Ireland whether it is a fact that the Governor of Derry Gaol refused to allow the female prisoners from Gweedore, arrested on a charge of alleged complicity in District Inspector Martin's murder, to wear warm wraps on the journey between Derry Gaol and Letterkenny, which had been provided for them by friends; and whether he will give directions that the prisoners should not be deprived of this warm clothing when travelling between Derry Gaol and Letterkenny next Saturday?
§ *MR. MADDENThe Governor of the Prison reports that he did refuse to allow certain articles of clothing sent to the prisoners to be worn by them, as he considered it would interfere with their identification, but that he has permitted them to receive warm clothing similarly sent. The General Prisons Board have instructed the Governor that if the wraps referred to are intended for the purpose of warmth they should be allowed to the prisoners while travelling, 391 to be removed if necessary at the end of the journey.
§ MR. SEXTONUnder the Prison Rules has the Governor any power to interfere with the clothing?
§ MR. MADDENAs I have stated, the Governor has been instructed to allow warm clothing to be supplied to the prisoners.