§ MR. HEALYasked, If it is the fact that Thomas J. Bowers, of the Board of Works Office, Dublin, enjoys a practical immunity from official work; that he acts as agent to the National Assurance Company, and as secretary to the Brunswick Building Society; and that a screen in the window of his house in Great Brunswick Street announces that he likewise carries on the profession of "Auctioneer, House, and Land Agent;" is he also secretary to the Grand Orange Lodge; under what circumstances was he able to attend sheriffs' sales as representative of the Emergency or Property Defence Associations; is it the case that he served on a Green Street special jury last year, contrary to the rule that Government employées are exempt; why the Board took no steps to have him struck off the jury list; will the Government insist that he shall either resign his numerous outside avocations or his 195 post on the Board of Works; and, what notice has been taken of the breach of official regulations?
§ MR. COURTNEY, in reply, said, that the person referred to was a messenger in the Office of the Board of Works, and he appeared to have earned a good character for regularity and attention to his duties. He was the agent for the National Assurance Company and secretary to the Building Society, the last of which duties required him to attend one meeting every three or four weeks. The agency of the Assurance Company was almost entirely confined to the delivery of circulars, and all these duties were performed after his official hours. The notice in the window belonged to a lodger in the house, and not himself. He was not secretary to the Grand Orange Lodge. He had not lately attended any Sheriff's sale.