§ 53. Sir JOHN LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the amount that will be saved to the Treasury by the dismissal of temporary assistants of the Irish Land Commission and the curtailment of salaries of other employés retained; and if he will consider the possibility of transferring the assistants whose services are not required by the Land Commission to other Government Departments?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe savings on the Estimates which will result from the reductions approved in the temporary staff of the Irish Land Commission will amount to about £17,000 in a full year. The officers, whose services are being dispensed with, are persons possessing agricultural, legal, and other technical qualifications of a character not usually required in Government Departments, but they will receive special consideration if any opportunity of suitable employment should arise.