§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Dublin)asked the Postmaster-General the amount paid in respect of overtime to sorting clerks and telegraphists employed in the Dublin sorting office for the financial year ending the 31st March, 1912; and what has been the amount paid to these officers for the three previous financial years?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe amounts paid in respect of overtime to sorting clerks and telegraphists attached to the Dublin sorting office for the years ending 31st March, 1910, 1911, and 1912, respectively, are as follows:—
Year ended. Amount. 31st March, 1910 £2,506 7s. l½d. (including £619 8s. 5½d.for Xmas and New Year pressure) 31st March, 1911 £2,616 5s. 7½d. (including £622 14s. 5d. for Xmas and New Year pressure) 31st March, 1912 £3,229 8s. 0½d. (including £557 13s. 3d. for Xmas and New Year pressure) The corresponding figures for the year ended 31st March, 1909, are not available. The returns include payments for overtime worked by sorting clerks and telegraphists in the Holyhead and Kingstown Packet, the inland travelling post offices and the parcel office, who are all borne on the Dublin postal staff, as well as overtime payments in respect of work performed in the letter sorting office.
§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Dublin)asked the Postmaster-General if he will state how many hours overtime (excluding Sundays) were performed in the telegraph department at Dublin during the month of May; and what proportion was performed by the male and female-staffs respectively?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELDuring the month of May 4,033 hours overtime (excluding Sundays, etc.) were performed in the Dublin telegraph office. Of this 3,877 hours (or 149 hours a day) were performed by male staff and 156 hours (or six hours a day) by female staff. The staff employed in the office numbers 199 men and 120 women. Heavy pressure was experienced 1207W during this month as a consequence of the Second Reading of the Home Rule and Welsh Church Bills, the "Titanic" disaster inquiry, and other causes.