Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when was the last examination of the employment records of the Bank of Ireland under the provisions of fair employment legislation; and if there has been any progress towards eliminating the underemployment of Protestants in the Bank of Ireland since the first fair employment report on this bank.
§ Mr. NeedhamA report by the Fair Employment Agency in March 1986 dealt with the employment patterns and practices of the five main banks in Northern Ireland, including the Bank of Ireland; a copy of that report is held in the Library. The Fair Employment Commission has decided to make available, upon request, monitoring information from individual concerns following receipt of their monitoring returns for 1991. The Bank of Ireland is required to make its monitoring return by 6 June 1991. This return will indicate the religious composition of its work force and applicants for jobs and will, therefore, enable a comparison to be made with the position as shown in the 1986 report.