§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that governors of His Majesty's prisons in Ireland receive six weeks annual leave, that chief warders in the same service receive three weeks annual leave, and that ordinary warders and others of an inferior rank to chief 266 warders receive only fourteen days annual leave, and in view of the character of the duties of ordinary warders, he will advise the General Prisons Board to extend the annual leave of all warders of a lower rank than chief warder from fourteen to twenty-two days.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe annual leave granted to warders in the Irish Prisons Service under the rank of chief warder is fourteen days. I am not aware of any reasons for recommending an extension of this period of leave, which is the same as that granted to warders in English prisons.
§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that during the last two or three years ordinary warders have been in many cases denied even the fourteen days leave to which they are entitled?
§ MR. WYNDHAMPerhaps the hon. Member will bring any such cases under my notice.