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Copy letter, no date [1930?], unsigned, to the Secretary of the Executive Council, from a female temporary clerk in the Paymaster General's Office [Miss Potter]. From 1908-1921 she was employed as a lady clerk in Guinness Brewery. She was forced to resign ostensibly due to ill health `but in reality due to my position being made intolerable owing to the feeling against me caused by the association of my brothers with the National Movement in this country and the natural sympathy of myself with the movement'. On leaving Guinness's she was employed as Secretary of the Dublin Relief Committee of the Irish White Cross. She asks for establishment in the Civil Service on the grounds of previous national service, stating: `We have an undeniable claim on the country and I am not asking for appointment to any position for which I am not fully qualified'.

Appointments in the Public Interest, Miscellaneous Group, 1931

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Letter to the Private Secretary, Minister for Finance, [signature unclear], 29 May 1930, asking the Minister to consider whether Miss Potter's name should be included in the list of persons whose cases are under consideration for establishment in the Civil Service on grounds of previous national service. Miss Potter, the minute states, `is a sister of Edward Potter who was tried and sentenced to death in connection with the Mount Street shootings in November, 1920'.

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Letter

Memorandum with attached schedule circulated by the Minister for Finance to members of the Executive Council, 9 February 1931, relating to cases of persons `proposed for certification in the Public Interest under the Civil Service Regulation Acts'. Both the memorandum and the schedule discuss cases pertaining to women, for example, the schedule mentions the case of Miss Litster, temporary inspector (Boarded out Children).

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Memorandum

Notes on Finance memorandum of 9 February 1931. These list the cases of persons proposed for certification on grounds of national service, for example, the notes on case number 30, Miss AH Litster, Temporary Inspector (Boarded out Children), Department of Local Government and Public Health read: `Finance Department's note appears to be complete. It is thought that an arrangement should be made for Miss Litster's establishment'.

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Notes

Copy letter to E Blythe, Minister for Finance, [unsigned], 28 November 1931, stating that the Minister wishes the case of Miss K Devaney to be mentioned at the next meeting of the Executive Council.

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Letter

Memorandum to all Ministers, Attorney General and Mr Duggan from the Department of the President, 1 December 1931, relating to a list of cases submitted for certification in the Civil Service in the public interest together with a note of the recommendation the President wishes to make in each case, for example, Miss Grace Potter, Paymaster General's Office: `It is understood that the Department of Finance is prepared to agree to her certification as a Clerical Officer. This should be done'.

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Memorandum

Minute to Mr O'Hegarty, Secretary, Department of the President, from P Hogan, Minister for Agriculture, 4 December 1931, stating that the case of Miss Joan Smyth, shorthand typist in his office was overlooked when he forwarded names of those who claimed establishment on the basis of past national service. Before Miss Smyth was employed in the Department of Agriculture she was a confidential shorthand typist in the White Cross office.

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Minute

Memorandum to the Private Secretary to all Ministers [a separate letter is sent to the Private Secretary, Minister for Finance], Attorney General and Mr Duggan, from M MacDonnchadha, 5 December 1931, relating to the case of Miss Joan Smyth which was inadvertently overlooked when claims were submitted for establishment in the Civil Service on the basis of previous national service. Miss Smyth's record as submitted by the Minister for Agriculture is included in the memorandum.

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Memorandum

Memorandum to the Private Secretary, Minister for Finance, from M MacDonnchadha, 24 December 1931, attaching schedules relating to the cases of thirty five persons proposed for certification in the Civil Service in the public interest, for example, the case of Miss MA Long, Governor General's establishment.

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Memorandum

Copy minute to the Secretary, President's Office, from HP Boland, Department of Finance, 13 January 1932, relating to the proposed appointment of Miss EM Coulson to a permanent position. Details of proposed salary and personal allowances for Miss Coulson are listed in the minute.

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Minute