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Confidential circular from the Department of Finance to all Departments, 1 November 1954, relating to the 1954 Superannuation Act. The circular refers in particular to female officers who wish to adopt the provisions of the Act. It states that certain officers may be required to undergo a medical examination. 'Where the Minister decides that an officer is not of sound health a written acknowledgement of notification of that decision should be obtained from her'.

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circular

Copy letter to Miss Kathleen O'Connell, Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach, from M McDunphy, Director, Bureau of Military History, Dublin, 12 January 1953, forwarding a list of questions relating to the Parliament and Government of DáilÉireann.

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letter

Copy letter from Kathleen O'Connell, Personal Secretary to the Taoiseach, to M McDunphy, Director, Bureau of Military History, Dublin, 13 January 1953, acknowledging receipt of his letter relating to the first and second DáilÉireann.

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letter

Copy letter from MOM to Miss Kathleen O'Connell, Secretary to Mr de Valera, 17 June 1954, relating to a list of questions on the first and second DáilÉireann, which were forwarded to the Taoiseach at an earlier date.

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letter

Copy letter from F O'Donoghue, Douglas Road, Cork, to Dr RJ Hayes, Director, National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin, July 1954, relating to a report on the GPO area in 1916 which was compiled by Diarmuid Lynch. The letter states that the original copy of the report has been mislaid and asks if a copy exists in the Department of the Taoiseach. 'In the circumstances it would appear that the best hope of tracing a copy is to follow up the one which Diarmuid Lynch sent to Mr de Valera on 15 September 1945 and which Miss K O'Connell acknowledged on 24 September 1945 ... I wonder is I may trouble you to take the matter up again with Miss O'Connell'.

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letter

Copy letter from NS O'Nuallain to Richard J Hayes, Director, National Library of Ireland, 8 July 1954, regarding Diarmuid Lynch's report on the GPO area in 1916. O'Nuallain states that it has not been possible to find the report. 'Miss O'Connell's recollection was that the document was returned to Diarmuid Lynch, at his request, shortly after its receipt here'.

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letter

Annotated copy, 15 September 1945, of Diarmuid Lynch's report on the GPO area in 1916. The report outlines at length activities at the General Post Office during the Easter Rising of 1916. A separate section of the report contains Lynch's comments upon marginal notations which were made by Mrs Kathleen Clarke. He outlines the aim of his report and the circumstances surrounding its compilation. 'The accompanying statements of operations was compiled be Diarmuid Lynch at the request of the GPO Garrison Committee'. He corrects what he perceives as inaccuracies in Mrs Clarke's version of events. 'Her assertion (evidently based on misconception of what Tom said to her while he awaited execution) that Tom Clarke was President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic on Easter Monday, 1916, is obviously wrong ... The statement that he declined in favour of Padraig Pearse I accept as fact'.

s 15729

report

Survey, 22 January 1955, regarding the economic indicators in Ireland. The indicators were listed by the United Nations 'Report on International Definition and Measurement of Standards and Levels of Living'. The document was forwarded to CH Murray, Department of the Taoiseach, by MD McCarthy, Director, Central Statistics Office, Dublin. Amongst other figures the survey gives statistics relating to infant mortality, hospital beds, food, education, conditions of work and employment. Figures are given for both men and women and where possible for the years 1923, 1938 and 1953. Table 5 relates to the employment situation. 'Percentage of population in "economically active population" who are economically active by sex: Year 1926, Males 63.8 %, Females 23.4%; Year 1936, Males 65%, Females 24.3%; Year 1946, Males 64.55, Females 22.9%; Year 1951, Males 62.9, Female 22.3%'.

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Survey

Circular announcing an open competition for the position of Chief Medical Officer for the Civil Service, 1953. The regulations and conditions of service relating to the post are outlined in detail. 'Female candidates must be unmarried or widows… each candidate must be a medical practitioner of not less than ten years' standing… the scales of pay which will be subject to revision from time to time will be as follows: Man £1550 rising to £1800 and Woman £1380 rising to £1630… a female officer must retire upon marriage, but an officer so resigning after not less than six years' service may, at the discretion of the Minister for Finance, receive a marriage gratuity, the amount of which will be determined in accordance with the usual practices'.

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circular

Circular from the Civil Service Commission, 26 February 1954, relating to the post of Chief Medical Officer for the Civil Service. The terms and conditions relating to the post are outlined in detail, for example, 'the initial salary depending on qualifications and experience, will be in the range of £1,778 to £1,943 for a man and £1,591 to £1,756 for a woman'.

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letter