HC Deb 06 March 1899 vol 67 cc1350-1
MR. GILHOOLY (Cork Co., W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is a face that Mr. Charles M'Carthy was recently appointed, after undergoing an examination, to the position of clerk to the Schull (county Cork) Union, the appointment having been sanctioned by the Local Government Board on 11th February last; and why Mr. Thomas Downes, Returning Officer for the county Cork, has refused to appoint Mr. M'Carthy as his deputy?

THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND (Mr. GERALD W. BALFOUR,) Leeds, Central

The reply to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. The office of clerk of the union was, however, vacant at the time the Election Order was issued, and hence the Returning Officer appointed a person other than Mr. M'Carthy to act as his deputy within the union.

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