Mr. NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the number of new Departments created since the present Government came into office; the 928W total number of the staff and the salaries paid; how many of the staff are established Civil servants and how many are loaned from other Government Departments; how many are discharged or disabled soldiers; and the aggregate salary paid to each of these classes?
§ Mr. SHORTTI regret that I cannot give the information asked for. It would take a considerable time to prepare, and its public utility would not be at all commensurate with the expense, labour, and loss of official time in its preparation.