§ MR. HEMPHILLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the recent resolutions of the Board of Guardians of the Strabane Union increasing the salary of Dr. Trimble, the medical officer of the Strabane dispensary district, from £120 to £150 a year, in consideration of his length of service and the heavy duties which he has to discharge; and, if so, whether he can state on what grounds such resolution has been disregarded by the Local Government Board; and whether effect will now be given to same.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The Local Government Board has not disregarded the resolutions. With a view to carrying out the proposal of the guardians the Board suggested that a scale fixing minimum and maximum salaries with interim incremental additions should be formulated and made applicable to the entire dispensary medical staff of the union. The Board consider that this alternative is preferable to increasing individual salaries at irregular intervals. In September last 472 the guardians decided to prepare and submit a scale, which, however, has not yet been received.