§ Mr. FLYNNasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention has been called to the last Report of Inspectors of Lunacy in Ireland; whether he can say why no entry appears of discharged sailors committed under the Naval Enlistment Act of 1884, notwithstanding the fact that a number of seamen who have served in the Royal Navy are at present inmates of Irish lunatic asylums; whether it is the custom of the Admiralty authorities to deduct from the pension payable to these lunatic sailors any sum which forms a portion or the whole of the Government grant per capita towards the maintenance of these discharged men; and, if so, is the sum so deducted paid to the Local Taxation Account (Ireland), or, if not, into what fund is it diverted?
§ Mr. CHERRYI am informed by the inspectors of lunatics that no entry of discharged sailors committed under the Naval Enlistment Act of 1884 appears in their Report for 1908 for the simple mason that none were so committed during the year. The seamen who have served in the Royal Navy and are at present inmates of Irish asylums were committed before or after 1908. The Admiralty deduct from the pensions payable to these lunatic sailors any sum paid in respect of them by way of Government Capitation Grant. This deduction is made in pursuance of Section 7 2145W of the Superannuation Act, 1887, and the amount deducted goes in relief of the Vote for the Admiralty.