asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will reconsider the recommendation of the late Kanturk Board of Guardians to grant a gratuity to Ellen Spillane, who was employed for ten years in the Fever Hospital, in view of the fact that four other employees whose conditions of employment were similar, received gratuities with the sanction of the Minister.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - KANTURK P.L. GUARDIANS' OFFICIALS.
I am advised that a gratuity could not lawfully be allowed in this case, as Ellen Spillane acted only in a temporary capacity. It has not been possible to identify the cases of the four other employees referred to.
Will the Minister reconsider the matter, if I give him the names of the four others who received gratuities, and I may say that they received these gratuities when the present Minister for Finance was Minister for Local Government?
I do not think I could reconsider this case. I have no powers in the matter; even if I sanctioned it, it would still be liable for surcharge.
There are no Boards of Guardians there now to be surcharged.