§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, seeing that the floors of nearly all the cells in His Majesty's Prison at Tullamore are flagged with a kind of stone known as sweating stone, he will advise the General Prisons Board to have boarded flooring put in cells which have no fires, in the interest of the health of the prisoners.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am advised that the stone flags are very dry in all seasons, and that they are in no way detrimental to health. Fires are not placed in prison cells which are heated otherwise.
§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELLWell, I am in a position to say that the right hon. Gentlemen's information is not correct.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI am told the cells are paved with red sandstone flags which do not sweat.
§ MR. ROCHEFrom personal experience I can corroborate the statement of the hon. Member for South Mayo.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)So can I, and I have had very considerable experience.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe question cannot be argued now.
§ MR. DELANY (Queen's Co., Ossory)Has the right hon. Gentleman ever been an inmate of Tullamore Gaol?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!