HC Deb 17 May 1912 vol 38 cc1524-5W
Mr. FIELD

also asked the Postmaster-General what staff is employed in the Irish post office mechanic shops repairing telegraph and telephone apparatus, showing military and civilian employés separately; whether he can state, showing military and civilians separately, about how many men are likely to be employed when the recommendations of the Post Office Factories Committee come into force; and the number of men it is estimated would be employed if all telegraph and telephone apparatus used in Ireland were repaired in a Dublin factory?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

The staff employed in the three mechanic shops in Ireland at present consists of seven military and three civilian employés. I am unable to state what numbers are likely to be employed when the recommendations of the Committee come into force, or what number of men would be required if all telegraph and telephone apparatus used in Ireland were repaired in a Dublin factory.

Mr. FIELD

asked the Postmaster-General when the subsidiary repair shop, recommended by the Post Office Factories Committee, will be established in Dublin?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

I am not yet in a position to fix a date.