asked the Postmaster-General whether it is a fact that in the Post Office at Tipperary, women clerks, including some of 19 years of age, are required to be on duty as early as 6.45 a.m., or, in the alternative, to remain on duty as late as 11.45 p.m., and, if so, whether he will arrange to have the duties altered to hours more suitable for women officers.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - HOURS OF DUTY AT TIPPERARY P.O.
DOMHNALL O MUIRGHEASA
Women clerks do not usually attend before 8.0 a.m. nor after 8.0 p.m., but occasionally they may be required to give attendances outside these limits. The arrangement by which the attendance of a female officer at Tipperary before 8.0 a.m. is necessary is of a temporary nature only. The female staff at that office are not kept on duty after 8.0 p.m.
I am informed that this is the regular custom, and that they have to start at 6.45 a.m. That is not occasional, but it is the regular custom.
Will the Postmaster-General state whether the Post Office exists for the benefit of the public or the public for the benefit of the Post Office?
That is a separate question, I think, and would require notice.
And would probably want to be addressed to Deputy Morrissey.