§ Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether Irish prison officers who on the date of the passing of The Superannuation (Prison Officers) Act, 1919, were officers in a rank or class to which that Act applied, but who have since been promoted to a rank or class to which the Act does not apply, are still entitled to retire in accordance with the provisions of that Act?
Mr. HILTON YOUNGThe officers referred to would not be eligible for retirement at the age of 55, but each year in excess of twenty served in a rank or class to which the Act applies would be reckoned as two years in the computation of the retiring allowance.