§ MR. MAINS (Donegal, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade if he would state the grounds on which the Board have declined to act upon the recommendation of the Irish Lights Board, and grant William Callaghan, lightkeeper, full pension upon his services from 1848; and whether his case will be re-considered?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BURT,) MorpethI answered this question on a previous occasion, but I may now add that the Board of Trade have agreed to the grant of a pension to William Callaghan in respect of his services from 1859, the year in which he was appointed an assistant lightkeeper under the Irish Lights Commissioners. I am informed that for some years previous to 1859 William Callaghan was employed as a painter by the Lights Board, but in accordance with the general rule of the Public Service this period has not been taken into account in calculating the amount of the pension.