MR. JUSTIN HUNTLY M'CARTHYasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether the Irish Executive have taken into consideration the case of Miss Sarah F. Quin, of Cloughjordan; and, whether they see their way to make her any recompense for the treatment she has received from the Hon. H. O. C. Prittie with regard to her engagement as National School Teacher?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)My right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary had this case before him in June last, and ascertained then that there was no way in which the Executive or the Commissioners of National Education could interfere. Miss Quin was on two occasions employed for brief periods in a school of which Mr. Prittie is the manager. On neither occasion was the agreement which the Rules require entered into, though in the interval between the two engagements Mr. Prittie's attention was called to the omission. The Commissioners have, therefore, no power to make a grant. If they did, the Auditor General would surcharge the payment. The Commissioners regret that they are powerless in the matter. The responsibility of remunerating Miss Quin for her services devolves upon the person who employed her on his own responsibility in an irregular manner.