§ (20.) £4,200, Superannuations and Retired Allowances.
§ MR. HEALYsaid, he saw amongst the details of this Supplementary Vote the item "Public Offices in Ireland, Local Government Board, £1,000." What did it mean; who was getting superannuated? The Committee ought to know who was going to retire before providing the sum.
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid, he was afraid he could not give the names of the persons who came in for these particular pensions.
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid, the money was granted in the ordinary course to gentlemen who came in under the Superannuation Acts.
§ MR. ARTHUR O'CONNORsaid, he hoped that after this Vote was disposed of the Government would agree to report Progress. ["No, no!"] Then, he should most certainly oppose almost every item of the "Repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund." As to the Post Office Vote, the right hon. and learned Member for Whitehaven (Mr. Cavendish Bentinck), who took great interest in the matter, had left the House some time ago, under the impression that the Vote was too important to take at that hour of the night. The right hon. and learned Gentleman had assumed that the Government would not press the Vote on the Committee.
§ Vote agreed to.