§ 33. Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the position of the ex-professor pensioners of the late Queen's College, Cork, now University College, Cork; whether he is aware that these pensions were formerly charged on the Consolidated Fund but were, about 1908, removed from the Consolidated Fund and were charged on the annual grant of £16,000 a year given by Parliament to University College, Cork; whether this grant of £16,000 a year will now be discontinued; and whether the British Government will in future pay or guarantee the payment of the pensions of the ex-professors in question?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Sir Hamar Greenwood)My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply. The answer to the first, second and third parts of the question is in the affirmative. As regards, the fourth part, this, with other financial matters, will be discussed 1122 with the Provisional Government prior to the establishment of the Free State.
§ Sir J. BUTCHERWill the right hon. Gentleman take care to ensure that the security of these men in their pensions is at least adequate to that which they enjoyed before?