§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can state how many persons are employed by the Irish Board of Works at salaries above 50s. a week, in the departments of Phœnix and Stephen Green Parks, Harbour Works at Kingstown and Howth, River Shannon Navigation Works, and at any other permanent undertaking, subject to the control of the Irish Board of Works; and how many of the persons so employed at salaries of over 50s. a week are Roman Catholics.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe number of persons employed by the Board of Works in these cases at salaries above 50s. a week, is twelve. I have no knowledge of their religious beliefs.