§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the system of selling mats, garden produce, etc., by retail in many Irish prisons is one of open competition with outside traders, and is damaging the trade of such traders in the different towns 2549W where prisons are situated; and whether he will take steps to see that such sales are only permitted to take place through the usual wholesale channels?
§ Mr. HENRYSales of any kind of produce, the result of prison labour in Irish prisons, are very small, and the General Prisons Board have no knowledge that such sales in any way damage traders in the towns where these prisons are situated.