§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the deduction made from the salary of Mr. Evans, National Library of 280 Ireland, was properly made, in view of the fact that no deductions were ever made from the pay of the other eleven members of the permanent staff of attendants in the National Library of Ireland for the purpose of entitling them to pension, whose appointments were made on exactly the same terms; and whether, in view of this fact, the money should be refunded to Mr. Evans.
§ MR. VICTOR CAVENDISHI have already informed the hon. and learned Member that the deduction was properly made and cannot be refunded. Mr. Evans' original appointment differed from those of the other eleven members of the permanent staff, as it was prior to 1891 when a title to pension was first granted to the staff. By submitting to the deduction he was enabled to count the whole of his previous service from the age of sixteen, so far as it was remunerated from public funds.