§ MR. D. SULLIVAN (Westmeath, S.)On behalf of the hon. Member for South Monaghan, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how many medical officers are at present employed at Mount-joy Prison, Dublin; what the duties were which they were employed to discharge at the time of their appointment, and what duties they now perform; what are the salaries paid such officers; whether these exceed a total of £1,000 per annum; and if any such sum is paid for medical attendance in any other prison accommodating only a similar number of prisoners?
MR. J. MORLEYThere are two medical officers and an assistant attached to the local and convict divisions of Mountjoy Prison, and their salaries amount in the aggregate to £910 per annum. The Prisons Board inform me that there is no other similar prison in Ireland with which to compare that at 783 Mountjoy; but they observe that the salaries paid for medical attendance in Maryborough Invalid Convict Prison are much higher in proportion to the average number in custody than the salaries paid at Mountjoy. With respect to the second paragraph, which enters into matters of detail, I shall be happy, if the hon. Gentleman so desires, to supply him with a statement of the duties referred to.