§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a memorial forwarded to the Department of Agriculture by the Catholic clerks in the veterinary branch of the Department, asking for an increment of salary, was suppressed by the chief clerk, who declined to forward the petition to the heads of the Department, and threatened that any attempt at a renewal of the application would be visited by dismissal; and, if so, whether he will state if the Department is willing to consider the alleged grievances of those officials.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe statement on which the first part of the Question is based is wholly without foundation and contains an unwarrantable reflection upon a public servant of distinguished and honourable service. The Department is at all times ready to consider the legitimate claims of its officers.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI have no knowledge.
§ MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N.)At any rate, they do not belong to the Custom House persuasion.