§ MR. FIELDTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state and give the names of private secretaries of Ministers and high permanent officials who within the last ten years have been imported into Ireland and given lucrative posts, to the detriment and prevention of promotion of competent Irish officials of long service.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) I am not aware of any such cases, and I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by a scrutiny of the appointments which have been made in Ireland during the last ten years.