§ ME. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that a man named Moore, a smith employed by the Board of Works at Kingstown for the past twenty-seven years, has been discharged without any notice or pension; and seeing that another smith who has only a few years' service has been retained in the employ, whether he will see that Moore is reinstated, or that he is granted such compensation or pension as will be commensurate with his length of service.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINMoore was employed from 1871 to January, 1899, when his services were discontinued. He was then re-employed in November, 1899, and, after repeated cautions for unsatisfactory conduct, he was finally dismissed on the 7th of May last. I can hold out no hope that he will be reinstated. He is not qualified for either a gratuity or a pension.