asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state whether temporary appointments for warble fly inspectors throughout the country are made as a result of public advertisement, and, if not, if he will see that this practice is adopted for all future appointments.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Warble Fly Inspectors.
Warble fly inspectors were appointed in the first year of the working of the Order, namely, 1936, as a result of advertisements. In the year 1937 and also in this year local authorities were again requested to advertise the posts and this was done in most cases. Certain local authorities, however, asked for sanction to reappoint inspectors of the previous year without advertising and this procedure was agreed to as the services of these officers were satisfactory.
Is the Minister aware that in County Meath these men were appointed on political lines in the past and that many of those appointed in the past have since acquired farms of land? I hope that the appointments will be made on merit alone this time.
Is the Minister aware that the Deputy's blueshirt colleagues in County Cork made appointments on these lines?