asked the Minister for Justice to state in detail the diet at present given to the two prisoners in Portlaoighise Jail, Messrs. Con Healy and Seán Hogan.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Diet of Prisoners in Portlaoighise Jail.
The diet supplied to Convict John Hogan is as follows:—Breakfast: 8 ounces bread, 1 pint tea, 1½ ounces jam, 1 egg, ½ pint of stirabout and milk. Dinner: 1 pint cocoa, 1 pint of rice and milk (including 2 ounces of rice and 1 ounce of sugar), 1 egg, 4 ounces of vegetables (twice weekly). Supper: 1 pint tea or 1 pint cocoa, 8 ounces bread, 1½ ounces jam, 1 pint barley water and sugar.
The diet supplied to Convict Cornelius Healy is as follows:—Breakfast: 1lb. bread, 1 pint tea, ¾ ounce margarine, ½ pint stirabout and milk. Dinner: 12 ounces bread, ½ ounce margarine, 1 pint milk. Supper: 1 lb. bread, ¾ ounce margarine, 1 pint tea.
These prisoners have also been put on the more recent diet and have been deprived of the extra half-pint of milk.
These prisoners are on a diet specially ordered by the doctor.