§ MR. LEAHY (Kildare. S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether fees or gratuities, varying from £1 to £3, are annually allowed to teachers by the National Board of Education in Ireland for the special extra instruction given to paid monitors; and, did the monitorial year end 30th June last, and, although the Commissioners then intimated by Circular to managers that such gratuities would be paid within three months, is it a fact that many have not yet been paid, and what is the cause of the delay?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)The National Education Commissioners desire me to answer this Question in the affirmative. The delay is due to the fact that a number of paid monitors have failed to pass their examination within the prescribed time. The Commissioners have brought the matter under the notice of the Irish Government, with a view to obtaining the sanction of the Treasury to such an arrangement as will meet the difficulty.