§ Mr. JELLETTasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Board of Trade has omitted, both during the War and since the Armistice, to give a preference to ex-soldiers who have served in the War, in appointing to clerkships and other positions in Dublin, 670W and that civilians of military age have been given employment in Dublin during the War and since the Armistice when large numbers of ex-soldiers were available for such employment; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe Board of Trade have not omitted to give preference to the employment of ex-soldiers in Dublin. Of the six men appointed to Board of Trade offices in Dublin since the end of 1918, five are ex-service men.