asked the Minister for Finance if he will be prepared to allow single male civil servants on Scale A of wages to opt for Scale B after ten years' service.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Remuneration of Civil Servants.
The answer is in the negative. It would do violence to the entire system of marriage differentiation if single men on Scale A were, while remaining single, accorded Scale B, that fixed for married men.