§ Mr. MATTHEW KENNY (Tyrone, Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if Mr. Mr. William Stewart, lately teacher at 248 Tullymore National School, County Tyrone, has applied to the Commissioners of Education for a retiring gratuity, on the grounds of ill-health, based on a medical certificate given by a local physician; if Mr. Stewart had been already dismissed from his office by the manager of the school; and if, before complying with Mr. Stewart's request for a gratuity, the Commissioners will cause inquiry to be made as to the accuracy of the facts certified to by the physician alluded to?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Commissioners of National Education report that the facts are as stated in the first paragraph. The Commissioners have no information as to the allegation in the second paragraph. They will make full inquiry in this as in all cases before sanctioning a retiring gratuity.