§ Mr. BYRNEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the proposals, if any, his Department has sanctioned for increases in wages, bonuses, or 2011W awards to be paid to the employés of the Irish Lights Commissioners; if he will state the amounts to be paid and to whom they are to be paid; and if he will state the increases to be paid to Irish lighthouse-keepers and crews of steamers.
§ Mr. WARDLEThe Board of Trade sanctioned the payment to lighthouse-keepers, the clerical staff of the head office, the officers of the steam vessels, and certain employés at Kingstown, of war bonuses similar to those payable to Civil servants under the Treasury circular of the 24th December last and the relative awards of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board. Sanction has also been given to the payment to the crews of the steam vessels and the officers and crews of the light vessels of a war bonus of 3s. 5d. per diem and of a "danger money" allowance of 5d. a day.