§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If any application has been recently made to him with respect to the monetary facilities afforded by the Government for the erection of residences for teachers in connection with vested National schools established since 1879; whether, in the case of all National schools in Ireland other than vested National schools erected since 1879, the Board of Works are enabled to give a loan of £200, repayable by annual instalments of £2 10s. per cent. for the erection of a teacher's residence; but, in the case of vested National schools erected since 1879, a grant of £100 is given, and there is no means afforded of procuring the remainder of the money; whether it is the fact that the restriction thus applied in the cases of vested schools erected since 1879 has in such cases greatly interfered, and does at present greatly interfere, with the provision of residences for teachers, especially in the poorer districts of the West of Ireland; and, whether any steps will be taken to redress the inequality?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, representations have been made to me on this subject by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the County of Cork (Colonel Colthurst), and from other sources. The question is, however, entirely one for the Treasury, by whose desire the limitation which is complained of was inserted in the Act of 1879. It is for their Lordships to decide whether they would consent to its removal by further legislation.