§ THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN (Mr. SEXTON) (Belfast, W.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether, in order to carry into effect his principle of equal treatment in regard to Official and Denominational Training Colleges for National teachers in Ireland, he will sanction a grant for the cost of building the St. Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra, or a payment for the annual charge in respect of interest on the cost of erection; and, whether he will agree to defray the cost of the maintenance and repair of the College, and will cancel the Rules by which the contribution of the State to the College is limited to 75 per cent of the certified expenditure, and is made dependent, not upon the work of the College itself, but upon conditions as to examinations, illness, death, and the occupation of the person trained for two years after leaving the College, which conditions are not imposed in the case of the Official College, whilst they operate to the embarrassment and loss of the Denominational Institution?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)As regards that part of the Question which deals with Rules imposed upon the Denominational Colleges, but not imposed upon the Marlborough Street College, I propose to examine the matter very carefully during the Recess, in order to see how far an equality which, speaking broadly, I regard as desirable is attainable. As regards the amount of the grant, whether towards buildings or towards current expenditure, I should be glad if the hon. Gentleman would address his question to the Treasury, with whom the decision rests.