MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he will again inquire if the hall porters in the General Post Office, Dublin, are paid at the same overtime rate for Sunday duty as the postmen, from which class they were promoted; why in view of the fact that the Treasury Minute, dated August, 1891, fixed a time and a quarter rate for Sunday duty for all other officers, is a different rule enforced against the hall porters; and will he see that they are paid at the regulation rate?
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONThe hall porters at Dublin are not paid at the same rate for Sunday duty as the postmen; their work is not similar, and a certain attendance on Sunday formed part of their engagement on weekly wages. The Treasury letter of 20th July, 1891, to which I presume the hon. Member refers, authorised extra payment for Sunday work to postmen only. There is no regulation for making a similar payment to hall porters.
§ *SIR J. FERGUSSONHall porters in London are on the same footing—two hours' attendance on Sundays is part of their duty.