§ MR. NANNETTI (Dublin, College Green)To ask the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a Miss M. A. Heary competed at an examination for the position of paid learner and took first place in the Drogheda Post Office and has not yet been appointed, although other learners who failed to pass the Civil Service examination have been appointed, and whether he will inquire into the circumstances why Miss Heary has been passed over; and will he give a Return of the names, ages, and salaries of those now serving in the Drogheda Post Office as sorters or telegraphists who have not passed a Civil Service examination.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) Miss Heary competed for the position of unpaid (not paid) learner at Drogheda and took first place. She will shortly be given paid employment, and she would have been employed earlier if she had not refused to accept unpaid employment, although by so doing she might have qualified earlier for paid employment. None of the other competitors have yet been given permanent employment, but one of them who was already fully qualified has succeeded in obtaining temporary employment as relief substitute. Miss Heary was not, and is not yet, qualified for this duty. There is no sorter or telegraphist in the Drogheda Post Office who has not passed a Civil Service examination.