§ Mr. TOOTILLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the position of 2417W secretary to the General Prisons Board, Dublin Castle, is at present vacant; if so, will he see that, in the interests of economy, the position is amalgamated with that of inspector as indicated in the Annual Estimates for the Irish Prisons Service for the past three or four years?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe office of secretary to the General Prisons Board is now vacant. The question of re-organisation of the Board's staff is before the Treasury, and an inquiry into the matter is about to take place.