§ MR. KINNEARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether he is aware that Mr. John Ranson, who assumes to be the patron of the Carrickaslane National School, near Castleblaney, county Monaghan, having been appointed to that position by his late father, without the sanction of the committee, has given Miss Fitzgerald, the present teacher, notice to leave the school; and, whether, since Miss Fitzgerald is a thoroughly trained and efficient teacher, being classed first of the second class under the Board's rules, and possesses the entire confidence of all the parents, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopalian, whose children are attending the school, who went in a body to Mr. Ranson, asking him to withdraw his notice of dismissal, anything can be done to prevent the removal of Miss Fitzgerald from her present position as mistress of the school?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that Mr. Ranson was regularly appointed by the Board as manager of the Carrickaslane National School in 1877, in succession to his father, who had been manager for the 21 years preceding. No School Committee is recognized, and none has made any claim for recognition during the last 28 years. It is within the manager's powers to dismiss the teacher on giving her three months' notice, as appears to have been done in this case, and the Commissioners of National Education have no right to interfere.