§ Mr. DELANYasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Board of Works on a recent occasion refused to accept the certificate of Sir Christopher Nixon in the case of an application for sick leave made by a clerk, Mr. J. T. Maloney; and can he state on 1668W what grounds the certificate of a former president of the Royal College of Physicians was passed over and Mr. Maloney ordered to consult Dr. Wynn?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe facts as stated are not correct. Mr. Maloney consulted Sir C. Nixon after he had been examined by Dr. Wynne, not before as stated in the question. The Board did not refuse to accept Sir C. Nixon's certificate. They acted on it after personal communication with him.
§ Mr. DELANYasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he would frame special regulations regarding employment in the Board of Works, Dublin, in view of the fact that medical certificates are not accepted when once a member of the staff has more than forty-three days' sick leave in three years and eight months?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe Board of Works do not refuse to accept medical certificates under the circumstances mentioned; on the contrary, they insist on them, and if they think it necessary obtain, in addition, the opinion of the Government medical referee, or, in his absence, of other medical men.