HC Deb 16 July 1906 vol 160 cc1356-7
MR. JAMES O'CONNOR

I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if Dr. John Bolster, ex-medical officer of the Tinahely, county Wicklow, district, has been appointed medical attendant to the officials at the Post Office, Tinahely; whether he is aware that Dr. Bolster was charged with gross neglect of duty by the board of guardians; that two official inquiries were held by a Local Government Board inspector into the charges made by the guardians; that, as the result of these inquiries, Dr. Bolster resigned his position as medical officer of the Tinahely district; that Dr. Bolster was dismissed by the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway from his position as medical attendant upon the employees of that company; and whether he has sanctioned, or intends to sanction, the appointment of Dr. Bolster as medical officer of the Tinahely Post Office employees.

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplar

Dr. John Bolster, medical officer to the Post Office Officials at Tinahely, was appointed early in the year. I had then no knowledge of the circumstances referred to by the hon. Member; but I am inquiring into the matter.

MR. JAMES O'CONNOR

Will the right hon. Gentleman address his inquiries to the Board of Guardians in whose employment this doctor was for some years?

MR. SYDNEY BUXTON

Naturally they are the people of whom to inquire.