Mr. NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if moneys authorised by the Treasury to be applied to the payment of special increments earned by second division clerks in the Irish Land Commission in the year 1916 were not so applied, and, if so, under what circumstances such moneys were not so applied; how were they disposed of; and in what other Government Departments in Ireland was a similar practice followed?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Treasury have consented to advance by way of special increment, under Clause 33 of the Order in Council of 10th January, 1910, the salary782W of certain second division clerks serving in the Irish Land Commission. The increments will date as from 1st July, 1916. Similar increments have been sanctioned in other Departments in Ireland.