§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the fact that the ventilators in His Majesty's prison in Tullamore are placed within a few inches of the floor in all the cells; that, owing to their construction, they cannot be closed so as to keep out the wind from the cells; and, if so, whether the General Prisons Board will make an order to have the ventilators placed at the top instead of the bottom of the cells, as they are in other prisons.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe ventilators are placed near the floor with sliding panels which are controlled from inside the cells by the occupants. There are also outlets near the ceiling. This system of ventilation is reported to be perfectly efficient.
§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELLWell, I tried it every day for three months and it would not work.