§ Mr. HAYDAYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in the event of any revision of prison officers' salaries consequent on the bonus award to civil servants, he will take steps to have chief warders placed on the same pay with their corresponding ranks in England; whether he will permit those officers to have a voice in the election of the representative council as in England; and when it is proposed to apply the new bonus to the prison officers?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODThe application to the Irish Prisons Service of the recent revision of pay accorded to the English Prison Service consequent on the last war bonus is at present under consideration, and the position of chief warders in Ireland will be carefully considered in this connection. There is no objection to chief warders being permitted to have a voice in the election of the Representative Council, if this is the case in England.
§ Mr. HAYDAYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the position of Grade 2, Class 1, warders has been prejudiced by reason of the last revision of pay of the warders generally; that these men were promoted from Class 2 to Class 1 with increased salaries; and that in the revision of November last the Class 2 warders were promoted to principal warders over their heads, and whether he will now have these officers placed in the exact rank to which they were supposed to be promoted prior to the revision of November last or will 1034W now place them on the maximum pay of their present rank as compensation for the indifferent treatment they have received and in consideration of their long and faithful service?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODHaving regard to the recent Treasury revision of the pay of warders in the English prison service, the whole question of the pay of warders in Ireland is again under consideration, and the position of the Grade 2, Class 1, wardens will be borne in mind.
§ Mr. J. DAVISONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will give a Return of the quantity of mats, broken stones, firewood, and different classes of vegetables sold during the period between the 1st July, 1919, and the 1st June of the present year from each prison in Ireland, and also the quantities under the same headings for the corresponding period of 1918–19, the cost of the raw material and different classes of seeds and plants in each case, the cost of manufacturing and production in each case, the amounts realised by sales in each case, and the nett profits in each case.
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI do not think I should feel justified in imposing on the prisons' staff in present circumstances the labour involved in the preparation of this Return.