asked the Minister for Finance why transfers on the head for head basis between Post Office officials in the Saorstát and those in Great Britain and Northern Ireland are being held up, and whether he will state when they will be allowed to proceed.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - TRANSFERS OF POST OFFICE OFFICIALS.
TOMAS MAC EOIN
The transfer of Post Office officials between the Irish Free State and Great Britain and Northern Ireland temporarily ceased on the 5th January, 1924, at the instance of the British Post Office administration, pending the completion of the arrangements contemplated under Section 7 (2), of the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1922, and Section 8 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923. These arrangements are at present the subject of discussion between the two Governments. The number of applicants for transfer from Great Britain and Northern Ireland is far in excess of the number desiring transfer from the Free State, and it is thought that when the arrangements are completed it will not be possible to agree to many applications.