§ MR. HAZLETONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland why it has been arranged that a substitute will have to be provided and paid on 220 out of the 300 or 305 working days of the year ending 31st March, 1909, to do the work of Commissioner of the Local Government Board for Ireland.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Estimates for the current year contain the usual provision for a locum tenens during the possible absence of one of the Commissioners on temporary Commissions or vacation, or in consequence of ill health or any other sudden or unforeseen emergency. The making of this provision does not necessarily imply that a substitute will have to be employed for the number of days provided for.