Captain CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that a considerable time ago the visiting justices of His Majesty's prison, Mountjoy, Dublin, forwarded a recommendation to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant asking for an increase of salary for the Irish prison service; if so, what consideration did this recommendation receive; whether it is the intention of the Government now to grant the Irish prison warders a salary to enable them to live upon, the present rate of pay being inadequate owing to the increased cost of living; and will the Government advance the pay of the Irish prison warders to the same rate as the English prison warders?
§ Mr. BIRRELLA memorial signed by—amongst others—a number of the visiting justices of Mountjoy Prison has been received by the Government to the effect stated in the question and recommendations on the subject have been made to the Treasury which are still under consideration.