asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what action has been taken or is intended to be taken as a result of the recommendation of the Old Age Pension Committee of Inquiry contained in paragraph 53 of the Report of that Committee that Clerks of Pension Committees or Sub-Committees should be paid a yearly salary instead of the present method of payment by fees.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - PAYMENT OF PENSION COMMITTEE CLERKS.
I see no objection, on principle, to the adoption of the recommendation indicated. The material, however, on which to base a proper and equitable scale of salaries is not yet fully available, as the Committee themselves seemed to recognise when making their recommendation. The question is being explored and a definite decision will be come to without delay when sufficient experience has been gained of the effect which other recommendations of the Committee, already put in train, have upon the work of the clerks.