§ 16. Major NEWMANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction recently expressed by persons interned at Dundalk, county Louth; whether a committee of justices was held at Dundalk on the 15th instant, and those interned assured that the visiting committee would exercise to the full the discretionary powers conferred on them and interpret in a broad and liberal manner any rules referring to visits, letters, and similar matters; and whether as a result persons interned at Dundalk are now satisfied with the treatment accorded them?
§ Mr. DUKEI am informed that dissatisfaction with diet was expressed by prisoners committed for offences against the Defence of the Realm Act and Regulations, who were transferred from Mountjoy 2197 to Dundalk Prison on 13th November. A meeting of local magistrates was held in the prison on the 15th November, but I understand that these gentlemen made no suggestion or recommendation regarding the manner in which the visiting committee should exercise the powers conferred on them. There are at present no prisoners in Dundalk Prison.
§ 18. Major NEWMANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state the special arrangements that have been made under rules approved by the Irish Privy Council for persons interned at Mountjoy, Dundalk, and other places of internment in Ireland for disregarding the Defence of the Realm Act Regulations in connection with drilling or similar matters, which, in the opinion of the competent authorities, are prejudicial to the safety of the Realm; and will he give the scale of diet approved under these rules?