§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he is aware that there is at present a considerable number of Auxiliary Sorting Clerks in the Limerick Post Office who have been in the employment of the Department for a period extending over six years, but who have received very small remuneration; and whether the Department will, in view of the fact that the duties performed by the officials mentioned are essentially necessary to the efficient working of the Limerick Sorting Branch, place those deserving auxiliaries on the established list?
THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R. W. HANBURY, Preston)It is the case that Auxiliary Sorting Clerks, eight in number, have been employed for some years at the Limerick Post Office at the reduced pay ordinarily given to unestablished officers not giving a full day's attendance. A proposal is now before the Treasury for making an addition to the permanent staff of sorting clerks at Limerick, and should the necessary authority be received, the opportunity will be taken of placing as many as possible of these Auxiliary Sorting Clerks on the Establishment.