§ 100. Mr. FIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if employés of the War Department employed in Ireland are to be denied the right to appeal to the War Office in the cases of status and pay; and whether he can say if any of the appeals were made by civilian employés in the Army Ordnance Department, and how such appeals were dealt with?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. I shall be glad to have more particulars of the cases to which the hon. Member refers.
§ 101. Mr. FIELDasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether consideration will be given to the case of 1533 civilian clerks employed in War Departments in Ireland as regards war bonus for the two years up to 30th June, 1916; and whether he will specially consider the cases of employés of long service whose conditions were so much altered owing to the War as distinct from those employed during the War?
§ Mr. FORSTERI am afraid I cannot go beyond the decision of the Government as announced in the instructions which have been issued, under which Irish cases are treated on the same lines as English.