§ 40. Mr. GINNELLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether under the Government of Ireland Act, 1914, a resolution of both Houses of the Irish Parliament providing for the transfer of the administration of the Old Age Pensions Acts from the Government of the United Kingdom to the Irish Government will also involve that, at the date of such transfer, the pension officers then employed in Ireland will automatically cease to be officers of the Government of the United Kingdom and pass under the control of, and be paid by, the Irish Government; whether the total amount of their salaries will be included in the transferred sum; and whether it is intended that such transferred pension officers shall also continue to be employed, each in his own pension district as at present, in the collection of taxes, as long as the collection of taxes remains a reserved service, by arrangements for the purpose between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Irish Government?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe answer to the first paragraph is in the negative, and consequently the other questions do not arise.