§ Mr. TOOTILLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether Irish prison officers are by rule obliged to be thoroughly acquainted with all circulars and standing orders relating to their duties, etc., which may from time to time be issued by the General Prisons Board; whether he is aware that generally such circulars and standing orders are not only not read by the governors to the officers, but that they are hidden away in offices which prevents the officers from consulting them; if so, will he now issue such instructions as will ensure that in future such circulars or standing orders which relate to the duties of the officers in general, and also to their pay, allowances, etc., will be placed by the governor of each prison in a conspicuous place, thereby making access to them easy when the officers desire to consult them; whether he is aware that replies given by the General Prisons Board to certain resolutions of the Prisons Officers' Representative Council, and dated 6th February, 1920, have not yet been read or made known to the staff of Mountjoy Prison: and whether he will make inquiries as to why such has not been done?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am assured that circulars and standing orders issued by the General Prisons Board are read to the officers concerned, who have free access to them when they choose. The replies to the resolutions referred to were sent to the President of the Prisons Officers' Representative Council.