§ Mr. DELANYasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the number of persons, with the totals of their salaries, who have been appointed to the permanent staff of the Board of Works, Dublin, with pensionable rights, who did not enter by open competition?
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§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe number of persons who have been appointed to the permanent staff of the Board, who did not enter by open competition and have pensionable rights, is 44 (exclusive of the Commissioners) and their present salaries amount to £12,834. Two of the Commissioners, Mr. Hanson and Mr. Stevenson, originally entered the public service by open competition, but all the members of the Board are appointed by Royal Warrant. Their collective salaries amount to £3,900. House of Commons Paper No. 8, of 1907, page 36, contains some further information on this point.