Mr. NUGENTasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a number of men in receipt of pensions from the Bank of Ireland, railway companies, etc., are at present employed in the Accounts. Department of the General Post Office, Dublin, and that there are many men over military age, who are equally, if not better suited for these positions, at present out of employment in Dublin as a result of the dislocation of business caused by the War; will he say if the present persons occupying these positions were selected as a result of advertisement or examination; and if he is aware that the selection exercised for these appointments has created general dissatisfaction in the city?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHFive men in receipt of pensions are employed as temporary clerks in the Accountant's Office of the Post Office in Dublin. One was engaged through the Employment Exchange, but the remainder were engaged direct in the absence of suitable candidates over military age from the Employment Exchange. I am not aware that there has been dissatisfaction regarding their employment.