§ 116. Sir WILLIAM WHITLAasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the conditions of service and the absence of a uniform graded scale of payment to Poor Law medical officers in Ireland; and whether he proposes to take any steps to improve their conditions of service with a view of provision being made there for in the Ministry of Health legislation?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Macpherson)The Local Government Board have urged all the boards of guardians throughout Ireland to make graded scales of payment to the Poor Law medical officers, with the result that 143 boards out of a total of 154 have granted improved remuneration to their medical officers. There are only eleven boards of guardians which have not improved the salaries of their medical officers, and these are again being urged to adopt graded scales of salary. With regard to the latter part of the question, it will receive my consideration.