§ MR. BIGGARasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether any of the Inspectors or other persons in the direct service of the Commissioners of National Education attended any of the Royal University examinations; and, if so, whether salary was invariably deducted from these as in the case of the ordinary National School teachers who attended the first matriculation examination of the same University?
§ MR. TREVELYANOfficers in the direct service of the Commissioners of National Education—namely, one Inspector, three Inspector's Assistants, and a clerk, attended the Royal University examinations and obtained full pay while doing so, as their absence was during the time of their recognized holidays. Payment was also made in the cases of two Model School teachers who attended the examinations; but it was made in error, as they absented themselves from their duties to do so, and they will be required to refund the amounts overpaid.