§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will grant a Return giving names, religion, nationality, qualification, age, and previous position of all appointed to the various offices under the control of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland, as well as the salaries attaching to the various positions; and whether he will also grant a Return giving the names, religion, age, salary, and cause of dismissal of the various officers dismissed since the establishment of the Board.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI communicated to the hon. Member yesterday the heads of a Return which I am prepared to give in respect of officials at present employed by the Department. I am not aware that any useful public object would be served by granting a Return such as suggested in the second part of the Question, and which, moreover, would be without precedent. For these reasons I could not consent to the second Return.
§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a teacher, dismissed for in competency in London while teaching in an ordinary elementary school, has been appointed science instructor by the Board in Dublin?
§ MR. WYNDHAMreplied in the negative.