§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if Treasury approval to the pension scheme of the Congested Districts Board staff has yet been secured; whether the Board has had legal advice on their position and obligations to the staff; if he will take steps to speed up the settlement of a satisfactory pension scheme; and if he will say how the matter now stands?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe reply to the first part of the question is in the negative, and to the second part in the affirmative. The Congested Districts Board have submitted a modified scheme which is at present under consideration.