§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what local public bodies in Ireland have up to the present made representations to the Irish Agricultural Department regarding the dissatisfaction which exists in that Department on account of the inequality in the treatment of its staff; and what action has been taken in the matter.
§ MR. ATKINSONSix public bodies have made representations to the Department in the terms of the resolution which was proposed by the hon. Member himself at a meeting of the King's County Council and passed by that council. The receipt of these representations was acknowledged.