§ MR. CLANCY(for Mr. CRILLY) (Mayo, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the hours which Sir Patrick Keenan is expected to devote to the work of the National Education Office, Dublin, run from 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon to about 6 o'clock in the evening; whether the meetings of the Privy Council usually take place between those hours; and, whether Sir Patrick Keenan's attendance at those meetings consequently interferes with the proper discharge of his duty as Resident Commissioner of National Education?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)Sir Patrick Keenan gives whatever time is necessary for the discharge of the duties of Resident Commissioner of National Education; and I have already stated, in answer to another Question, that his being a Privy Councillor has in no way interfered with the discharge of his official duties.