§ Mr. ALFRED DAVIES (Clitheroe)asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the payment in cash for overtime performed by Irish prison warders on escort duty, as obtains in the English prison service, in view of the difficult nature of their duties and the present isolated nature of their position and families; and whether he is aware that overtime performed on escort duty involves extra expense to the officers, which is paid from their own pockets, and that time off in lieu cannot possibly compensate these officers as in the case of overtime performed in their own prison?
§ Mr. HENRYI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to his question on this subject on the 8th instant, to which I have nothing at present to add.