§ Mr. MacVEAGHasked the Chief Secretary what staff is employed by the chief Crown solicitor in Ireland; what salaries were the solicitors in this office paid when the present chief Crown solicitor was appointed; what salaries are now paid to these whole-time solicitors; how these salaries are arrived at; and the amount of War bonus received by these individual solicitors?
§ Mr. HENRYThe chief Crown solicitor's staff at present consists of four qualified solicitors and five unqualified assistants. They are employed directly by the chief Crown solicitor and948W are paid from his lump sum allowance for office expenses, which at present is fixed at £2,162. In addition, each is paid full bonus at Civil Service rates. When the present chief Crown solicitor was appointed in 1916 the lump sum allowance was fixed at £1,500, the staff then consisting of two qualified solicitors and three unqualified assistants, some of whom were also in receipt of a small bonus. Having regard to the fact that the distribution of the allowance is a matter for the chief Crown solicitor personally, I do not think it is necessary to enter into details of payments made.