§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state by what authority the Governor of Maryborough Prison informed the warders there on parade that the Chairman of the Prisons Board had told him that if he submitted the name of any warder for removal such warder would be immediately removed from the service; and whether, in view of the fact that a number of young men serving at Maryborough Gaol have been discharged from the service without any allegation of incompetency, he will state whether these men will be granted compensation for abolition of office, or inquiry be made by some independent authority into the causes of their removal.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Governor did not make the statement attributed to him. But he did point out to the warders the serious consequences that would result from engaging in traffic with prisoners. This was done with the authority of the Prisons Board. The prison officers who were recently retired consequent on the re-organisation of the Prison Staff, were awarded pensions calculated on actual service. The facts were fully investigated by Government, who approved of the retirement of these officials. It is not proposed to make any further inquiry in the matter.