§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether the new regulations, extending the hours during which sub-post offices in Ireland are kept open on Sundays for telegraph business and the sale of stamps, has doubled the Sunday duties of sub-postmasters without allowing any additional remuneration; and whether it is intended to compensate sub-postmasters for this additional work.
§ MR. HANBURYThe Postmaster General has already sanctioned payment according to authorised rates to sub-postmasters in Ireland whose attendance on Sundays has been increased, and such payment will take effect from the date in each case on which the new arrangements came into operation.