§ MR. T. D. SULLIVAN (Donegal, W.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that Catholic girls, sorters and clerks, in the Postal Order Department of the General Post Office, have been pressed to attend Protestant religious services or prayer meetings held within the precincts of the building, and that those who decline to attend such meetings are subjected to disfavor and injured in their chances of promotion for so doing; and whether such proceedings are to be regarded as having the sanction of the authorities?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI am not aware of any pressure being applied to any of the staff of the Postal Order Branch to attend religious services, and there is no foundation whatever for the statement that those who decline to attend such meetings are subjected to disfavour, and injured in their chances of promotion for so doing. I am informed that the average number of attendances is 18 out of a force of 375.