§ MR. ERRINGTONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Whether, now that a Parliamentary system of intermediate education is in operation in Ireland, he has taken or intends taking any steps towards dealing with the "model schools," in accordance with the Report of the Royal Commission on Primary Education (1870), who recommended in paragraph 120 of their Report,
That the course of education in primary schools ought not to be extended to secondary or intermediate subjects," and, in paragraph 104, "That the existing provincial model schools should be gradually discontinued?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERThe points referred to are, at the present moment, under consideration in connection with an improvement of the position of the National School Teachers, towards attaining which object, no doubt, reductions will be necessary under other headings; and, therefore, the recommendations of the Royal Commissioners will be fully considered.