§ MR. W. KENNYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the staff of the Office of Education in Ireland, existing at the date of the Order in Council of the 21st of March, 1890, were, up to that date, entitled to certain official holidays exclusive of their annual leave; if they have been deprived of seven of these holidays since 1890, although the Order in Council preserved the rights of existing clerks; whether the staff of the Local Government Board of Ireland still enjoy the same number of holidays to which they were entitled before 1890; and if he will use his influence to have these holidays restored to the Education Office clerks?
MR. J. MORLEYI have not yet completed my inquiries into this matter, and will ask the hon. and learned Gentleman to defer the question until Monday or Tuesday next.