HC Deb 15 September 1893 vol 17 cc1266-7
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can explain why a warder named Mates was in April, 1887, transferred from Tullamore to Limerick, and subsequently from Limerick to Cork; and whether the warder named has been granted any compensation for the personal expense and hardship entailed by these removals?

MR. J. MORLEY

The General Prisons Board inform me that Warder Mates was transferred from Tullamore Prison to Limerick Female Prison for the performance there of certain duties, and that, subsequently, in the interests of the Public Service, he was transferred to Cork Prison. The cost of the transfers was in each case borne by the Prisons Department.

CAPTAIN DONELAN

Did Mates receive any compensation for his removal?

MR. J. MORLEY

I presume he did not. If a warder or any other official is transferred he receives no compensation beyond the expense of the transfer.