§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Kennedy, the temporary Collector General in Dublin, has recommended Mr. Burke for a special addition of £60 per annum to his salary; whether Mr. Burke is a second class clerk, and if such an addition of salary would not give him a higher rate of remuneration than the first class clerk immediately above him; whether, if Mr. Burke were to retire, this addition would increase the retiring allowance payable to him out of the rates; and, whether, finally, such recommendations for increase of salary are not outside the functions of an officer employed temporarily like Mr. Kennedy?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe facts are as stated, except in the last paragraph of the Question. It is the duty of the head of the Collector General's Office, whether permanent or temporary, to make such recommendations as he considers desirable for the proper conduct of the business; and Mr. Kennedy's recommendation will, therefore, be duly considered by the Government.
§ MR. GRAYasked whether the Government still adhered to their intention of bringing in a Bill to deal with the collection of rates in Dublin; and was the appointment of Mr. Kennedy still a merely temporary one?
§ MR. TREVELYANanswered both Questions in the affirmative.