asked the Minister for Finance if it is his intention to fill permanently the position of Chief Establishment Officer in his Ministry, and if he will say whether an Irish Civil Servant will be offered the position, and if so, if he will state the method by which the selection will be made.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - CHIEF ESTABLISHMENT OFFICER IN FINANCE MINISTRY.
An Assistant Secretary has been appointed to the Ministry of Finance for work arising in regard to control of establishments. The officer appointed is Mr. H.P. Boland. Mr. Boland served for over twenty years in the Civil Service in Dublin and was transferred during the war to London, where he served successively in the Ministry of Munitions as Deputy Establishment Officer, in the Treasury as a Principal in the Establishment Division and in the House of Lords as Head of the County Courts Department, from which post he has been transferred to the Saorstát Civil Service.
I may point out that the work of control of establishment matters was carried out prior to the change of Government by the British Treasury and the service was one with which no Civil Service staff was transferred on the transfer of administration.
Mr. HOGAN
Is it a permanent transfer, or is he only lent from the British Government?
I should say that it is a permanent transfer.
Can the President give the date on which this officer was transferred?
I cannot say the date. I understand that the Minister for Finance dealt with the matter in June, and that he actually took up office here on the 15th July.