asked the Minister for Finance if he will state whether Mr. Patrick Flannery, of Milltown, County Galway, has received an appointment from the Office of Public Works; and, if so, whether he will state the nature of the position, the date of appointment, the salary and the conditions of the employment.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Board of Works Appointment.
The person referred to was appointed on 22nd December, 1950, to act as paymaster for the Special Employment Schemes Office, in connection with the payment of wages to workmen employed on schemes carried out by that office. The position is part-time and of a temporary nature. There is no salary attached to the post, and remuneration is on a fee basis at the rate of 1½ per cent. of the amount of payments made.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary say what approximately this would amount to per month on a percentage basis?
He would be better off at the beet job.
It varies very much from one month to another.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary state if any effort was made in this case to find a person who had no means or income and who would fit into this job better than an individual who had a public-house, a grocery, a drapery, a hardware shop and farms?
Like Mr. Farrell.
Would the Deputy furnish me with any evidence of the statements he has made? As the Deputy is aware, for the position of paymaster you have to get a trustworthy individual. You want a reliable man. As to the second part of his statement that the man owns a public-house——
Mr. Boland
There is a rule against anyone being paymaster who has a public-house; there used to be such a rule anyway.
If the Deputy has charges to make——
I would ask the Parliamentary Secretary if he is aware that at the time this man was given the job he transferred his business and farms to his wife? I wonder for what reason?
Did you not say that he owned them? It must be one thing or the other.