§ Mr. HIRSTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if the new scheme of pay and bonus dating from 1st March last for the Irish Prison Service has yet been applied; if the scheme is to be put into operation at the State asylum at Dundrum, County Dublin, without further delay; and whether in many 1582W Irish prisons the staffs are kept on duty on three Sundays out of four as compared with two in four in other prison services?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODThe new scheme of payment has not yet been applied in detail pending the settlement of certain points relative to the assimilation of the Irish to the English services. In the meantime substantial advances have been made on account both to the prisons staff and the staff of the Dundrum Asylum. In regard to the concluding portion of the question, the staffs are normally on duty two Sundays out of four. At times of pressure Sunday duty is required more frequently, but in that event a day off in lieu is allowed during the week.