§ MR. D. SULLIVAN (Westmeath, S.)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether two offices of Surveyor in the Board of Works Department, Dublin, are now vacant; whether the vacancies are about to be filled by appointing two Englishmen to them; and, whether the Board will not advertise for candidates for the vacancies, and select the fittest before making the appointments?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)There are, I am informed, two vacancies, one for a surveyor, and the other for an assistant surveyor of buildings. They will both be filled in the usual manner, by competitive examination, held by the Civil Service Commissioners.