§ MR. DELAHUNTYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the dates of the several applications made in the years 1869 and 1870, in the first instance to the Inspector of Industrial Schools and subsequently to the Chief Secretary, to grant a certificate for an Industrial School at Waterford, and the dates and nature of the replies thereto; and, whether the county and city of Waterford is to continue much longer excluded from the benefits of legislation, under which £130,000 is asked to be voted for in the present Session?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONsaid, in reply, that he could not say what were the dates of the several applications which had been made in 1869 and 1870 to grant a certificate to the Industrial School at Waterford. In the first year after the passing of the Industrial Schools Act a comparatively small sum had been provided in the Estimates, in order that some experience of the Act might, in the first instance, be obtained. In the present year the Estimate for a larger sum was still under consideration; but until that Estimate was sanctioned it was impossible to certify for a new school under the provisions of the Act.