§ SIR FREDERICK W. HEYGATEsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether the Government intend to propose any alteration this Session in the existing salaries and position of the teachers under the Irish National Board of Education; and, in the event of no general measure being introduced, if provision could not be made for an improvement in the present inadequate scale of payment in the Estimates for the current year?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUEreplied, that the position and the salaries of the Irish national school teachers were not satisfactory; but he could not give a definite answer to the Question till the Report of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland had been laid on the table. It was not, however, likely that the Government would be able to deal with the position and the salaries of the teachers till the whole subject of elementary education in Ireland was brought under the notice of Parliament.