§ Captain REDMONDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Treasury have granted to the staff of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, county Dublin, the same rates of pay and war bonus as are in force in the English criminal lunatic asylums as from the 18th September, 1918; whether any of this increased rate of pay and war bonus has been paid to the staff; and, if not, will he take immediate steps to have this amount of arrears made up?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Treasury have recently granted to the staff of the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, the same rates of pay and war bonus as are in force in the English criminal lunatic asylums as from the 18th September, 1918. None of the increased rates of pay or war bonus have yet been paid to the staff, as the details regarding the application of the new scales of pay are being settled. It is anticipated, however, that the arrears will be fully paid up by the end of the present month.