§ MR. TULLYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state why the Local 1622 Government Board have endeavoured to have a lady medical officer appointed to the vacant Carrigbyrne dispensary district, when the medical men have refused to become candidates at the salary sanctioned by the Local Government Board.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Guardians have appointed a medical gentleman to the post of dispensary doctor at Carrickbyrne. Ladies are not disqualified from holding this position if professionally qualified, but the Local Government Board has never taken any steps to promote their candidature.