§ MR. H. J. GILL (Limerick)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What has been the average attendance at the Limerick Model School for the last three months; what proportion of those are Catholics; what is the cost of the Model School in Limerick; and, whether the Government intend to make any change in its constitution, with a view to making it available for the great body of the population?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETAEY (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)The average attendance at the Limerick Model School for the past three months has been 157.4. Of the 224 children on the rolls last month 34 were Catholics. The cost of the school in the year to March 31 last was £1,093 14s. 8d. This included the support of seven resident pupil teachers. The constitution of this school can, of course, only be considered as a part of the whole system of model schools, which is a very large question.