§ MR DELANYI beg to ask the Vice-President of the Department of 1241 Agriculture (Ireland) whether, since the money for the payment of the officials of his Department is voted by this House, he can state the grounds which commended themselves to the Treasury and the Department for increasing the salaries of the three chief officials of the Department's veterinary branch, by a sum amounting in the aggregate to £350; whether he can also state how many of the assistant clerks of the veterinary branch are eligible for promotion to the Second Division, and why they are denied the right of entrance thereto; and whether he will see that no further promotions of the higher officials of the veterinary branch will be made till the claims of the subordinate gentlemen are duly dealt with.
§ MR. CHERRYMy right hon. friend has nothing to add to the Answers which he has given to the hon. Member's previous Questions on this subject.