§ MR. HAYDENI beg to ask the Postmaster-General, having regard to the fact that knowledge of the Welsh 1337 language is considered an essential qualification for postal appointments in Welsh-speaking districts in Wales, if he will state why a similar practice in respect to the Irish language is not followed in Irish-speaking districts in Ireland; and whether, seeing that it is the practice in Welsh-speaking districts in Wales to display all postal notices in both Welsh and English languages, he will explain why a similar practice is not, followed in Ireland.
LORD STANLEYThe practice followed in certain districts of Wales is not followed in Ireland because the circumstances are not similar. But I can promise if any candidate with the advantage of a knowledge of the Irish language applies for a vacant postmastership I shall be glad to favourably consider his case.