§ MR. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a number of labourers are disemployed annually in Kingstown during the winter months, and that adequate remunerative employment exists and is required to be done by the Board of Works; and whether any of the superior officers are dispensed with during the period of disemployment of the labourers.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) I am informed that most of the work at the harbour is of a kind that cannot be performed during the winter months. It is not the fact that adequate employment for these men can be found during the winter, though this year it was possible to retain a large proportion of them. The only "superior" officer at Kingstown, the superintendent of works, is retained throughout the year, as his duties, which include the supervision of Howth and Dunmore harbours, are of a continuous nature.
†To 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), and special qualifications of all technical officers nominated, appointed, and at present employed by the Board of Public Works, Ireland.† To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give the names and places of birth (as furnished to the Civil Service Commissioners on appointment), of all examiners, assistant examiners, and occasional examiners, and assistant examiners, if any, at present employed by the Civil Service Commission.To 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), and length of service of all officers in the Board of Public Works, Ireland, in receipt of salaries of not less than £500 a year.