§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, since it has been stated that the Catholic clerks of the veterinary branch of the Irish Agricultural Department who have eleven years service and salaries of less than £100 a year receive the salaries of the grade to which they belong, will he give the names of any officers serving in the Department who since April 1st, 1900, have received scales of pay in excess of those in operation on that date, with the reasons for any such excess, the present scales of pay, and those in force immediately prior thereto.
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo, Sir. It would be contrary to precedent to give any such. Return, and I must therefore decline to give it.