§ MR. O'HANLONI beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland if he can explain why Derry Gaol has been for several months, and is still, without a Catholic chaplain; whether prisoners committed for a term over one month have been sent to Belfast, a distance of 100 miles; whether policemen are taken off their other business to go this long journey; and whether he will state the cost of policemen in connection with this duty since the order was made, and the cost connected with the prisoners for the same period?
§ MR. MADDENWith reference to the inquiries in the first two paragraphs, I beg to refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the question on this subject put by the hon. Member for South Donegal on 17th February. (3) The prisoners are conveyed under police escort. It is part of the duty of the police to act as escorts on such occasions. (4) The General Prisons Board are at present unable to afford the information indicated in the last paragraph, as they have not yet received from the Constabulary their claims for the period named.