HC Deb 07 April 1909 vol 3 cc1239-40W
Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND

asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the usefulness of Irish in his Department, he will request the Civil Service Commissioners to add Irish to the programme of languages to be taken as an optional subject for Civil Service examinations?

Mr. BUXTON

There is no programme of languages in the entrance examinations for officers whose duty it is to manipulate letters.