§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the verdict of the coroner's jury in Dublin, on 30th November, when a man named Moore, who, returning from England to his home, near Castlebar, was removed in a dying condition to Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, on the arrival of the boat from Holyhead; whether he is aware that the guard, Mr. Keogh, swore that Moore was examined at Holyhead Station by a doctor, and refused admission to the Holyhead Hospital, and was brought across in the "Cambria"; will he ascertain who is responsible for refusing this man admission to the Holyhead Hospital, and compelling him, while dangerously ill, to undertake a rough sea journey; and, can he state whether this hospital is a voluntary or rate-aided institution.
§ * THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE,) CroydonI am not aware of the verdict referred to or of the evidence given at the inquest, but from inquiries which I have made, I find that Moore, who was one of about 500 harvesters who arrived at Holyhead on the same morning, was not refused admission to the Holyhead Hospital. That Hospital is supported by voluntary contributions. If Moore had been taken there I am informed that he would have been admitted; as regards the sea-journey, I understand that, after remaining at the station and being attended by two doctors, Moore, under medical advice, resumed his journey in the afternoon, a telegram being sent to Dublin for an ambulance to be ready on his arrival.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYI make no imputation on the hospital authorities.