§ MR. TIMOTHY HEALY (Louth, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland what is the cause of the delay in presenting the Return, ordered 20th June, respecting the expenditure on Richmond Prison, now a barrack, to the ratepayers of Dublin?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. W. L. JACKSON, Leeds, N.)The expenditure upon Richmond Prison by the Dublin Corporation, the former prison authority, was to have been ascertained by the War Office. I have communicated with that Department asking why the information has not been supplied, and I gather that, though notice was given, the Return, for some cause or other, was missed on the last day of the Session. As to the other expenditure by the Prisons Board, a Return has been sent to the printers, and it will shortly be in the hands of hon. Members.
§ MR. JACKSONThe difficulty is that the one Return for which the Irish Office is responsible has already been sent to the printers. It will be necessary to move for a Return of the othe portion.