HC Deb 07 April 1879 vol 245 c440
MAJOR O'BEIRNE

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, If he could state to the House the number of Monitors and Boy-Monitors of the different religious denominations at the Royal Hibernian Military School; and, of the annual allowances to each Monitor and Boy-Monitor?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. GIBSON)

Sir, in the Royal Hibernian Military School there are 20 Monitors, of whom 11 are Church of Ireland Protestant Episcopalians, 3 are Presbyterians, and 6 are Roman Catholics. There are 3 Boy-Monitors, 2 of them Protestant Episcopalians, and 1 of them a Roman Catholic. The salaries are as follows:—4 Monitors at 1s. a-day; 4 at 9d.; and 12 at £4 4s. a-year. The Boy-Monitors receive 1s. a-week each.