HC Deb 05 July 1883 vol 281 cc461-2
MR. MACAETNEY

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Education Com- missioners for Ireland have taken into connection a school at Golan (in District 13), county Tyrone, although another school is in existence within two hundred yards of it, and although the number of children in its neighbourhood is too small for more than one school; was any objection made by the managers of the neighbouring schools, and on what grounds was such objection, if made, set aside without inquiry; were the objections made laid before the Board at its usual time of meeting; has the Board made a grant for Strana-gummer School in the same district, although four of their rules were thereby set aside, namely, that a deed of gift should be made by the owners of the site; that it should not be built in a chapel yard; that the neighbouring managers should be consulted; and that it should be three miles distant from a vested school; if the grant has not been made to Stranagummer School, has it been made to Kilskeery School, the name only being changed, the site being the same, and Kilskeery being a mile and a-half distant; did the Board refuse a similar grant for a vested school at Clooncandra on the ground that it was not three miles distant from another vested school; did a former district inspector report in favour of a grant to Clooncandra School; did the Rev. Mr. Clifford apply to have that portion of District B transferred to another district inspector, and was that transfer made without consulting any other school manager than Mr. Clifford; did the district inspector to whose district the schools were thus transferred make an incorrect report to the Board of the distance of Stranagummer from the nearest vested school, and did he report against the application for Clooncandra; and, if so, will he be retained in the district?

MR. TREVELYAN

Sir, I have received a very full Report from the Education Commissioners in reply to these inquiries, and I think that it will be, perhaps, more satisfactory to the hon. Member for Tyrone, and more convenient to the House, if I send him the Report itself, rather than attempt to condense it into a verbal reply or read it in full. If the Report does not satisfy the hon. Member on any point, I will be happy to make further inquiry and to answer any Question in the House.