§ MR. JAMES ROCHE (Kerry, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that two first-class attendants in the Killarney District Lunatic Asylum, named Daniel Leary and Maurice Finnegan, having respectively 23 years and 22 years' service, have been retired upon pensions of £17 1s. 6d. per annum; and whether it is in his power to increase these pensions?
THE CHIEF SECRETAEY FOR IRELANDThe answer to the first Question is in the affirmative. These men were retired more than 20 years ago, and there is no power to increase the amount of their pensions.