§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether officials of the National Board of Education object to teachers being members of the Gaelic Athletic Association; and what is the rule on this subject?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Commissioners of National Education report that teachers are not prohibited from being members of the Gaelic Athletic Association, unless by reason of such membership they take part in politics, in which event the rules which prohibit the attendance of a teacher at meetings held for political purposes would be violated.