THE O'DONOGHUEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether, under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act (Ireland), it is lawful or competent for the managers of such schools to engage in the manufacture of goods or articles for sale other than the produce of work done by the inmates of such schools, and particularly if such managers are warranted in employing or engaging the work of tradesmen outside the institution, with the view to sale or profit or otherwise; and, whether it is within the duty of such managers and they are warranted by law in canvassing for work, such for instance as the making or providing of coffins and other articles, to the detriment and loss of the ordinary tradesman; and, in relation to this subject, if he will direct inquiries to be made as to the course of procedure in the Industrial School of St. Joseph's, Tralee?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERSir, there is nothing contrary to law in carrying on productive occupations at industrial schools, and the practice, within reasonable bounds, appears to be a desirable one to adopt. I will, however, make inquiry into the case of the Industrial School of St. Joseph, in Tralee, in order to see whether there had been any cause for complaint.