§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can give the names, places of birth, and education (as furnished to the Civil Service Commissioners on appointment), special qualifications, total length of service, and length of service in the Board of Public Works, Ireland, of all clerks promoted in the secretarial branches of this Department since the 1st April, 1903.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) Part of the information requested by the hon. Member is regarded by the Civil Service Commissioners as confidential. The compilation of the other particulars asked for would involve a considerable amount of labour and the results obtained would not, in my opinion, be commensurate with the 1522 cost. I may add that these remarks equally apply to the Questions which the hon. Member has down upon the Order Paper for Thursday next, respecting the technical officers in the Board of Works and those officers under the Board whose salaries are £500 or over, as well as his Question about the examiners employed by the Civil Service Commissioners.