§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Londonderry, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Is it the fact that the school accommodation on the Draper's Estate at Cairndaisy, near Moneymore, county Derry, is utterly inadequate; that the building, in which eighty scholars are taught, is a thatched hut, 20 feet by 16; and, can anything be done by the National Education Commissioners to induce the opulent London proprietors to improve its condition?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne), in reply, said, the accommodation in the school was for 40 pupils, and the average daily attendance was 49. When taken over by the Commissioners in 1875, the house was well thatched and floored and in good repair. Latterly, it had become too small. He understood that the Protestant rector, who was the manager, was doing his best to obtain a site for a new school. The Government had, of course, no control over the Drapers' 1426 Company, whose contribution was the not over munificent sum of £10.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYCan the right hon. Gentleman say how many thousands a-year the Drapers' Company get out of this district?
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYNo, Sir.