To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that some of the officials of the Marlboro' Street Training College regard the award of compensation which has been made to them by the Civil Service (Compensation) Committee as altogether inadequate and disproportionate to the value of the emoluments of which they are deprived by the closing of the College; whether any appeal lies from the decision of the Committee, and, if so, to whom should such appeal be made?
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - MARLBOROUGH STREET TRAINING COLLEGE.
I cannot accept the view that the awards made by the Civil Service Compensation Committee to any of the officials of Marlboro' Street Training College were inadequate. The awards made have generally been accepted as fair and reasonable and I understand that the Committee has even received letters of thanks from certain of the officials expressing gratitude for the fair treatment accorded by the Committee. There is no appeal from the Committee. The Committee on which I may remind the Deputy the Government and the staffs have equal representation, has always expressed its readiness to hear applicants personally and give them every opportunity of presenting their case.