§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state why Mr. Christopher Keys, who was schoolmaster of Eden-avigh National School for 28 years, was dismissed from his position lately; has he been granted a pension or gratuity after his long service; if not, can he explain why; who is the manager of the school; and whether any answers have been returned to the Memorials sent to the Board of National School Commissioners?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOE IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.The Commissioners of National Education report that the teacher mentioned was dismissed on a charge of deliberate and persistent falsification of his school accounts. He was not granted a pension or gratuity, both because of the gravity of his offence and also because the Teachers' Superannuation Department, to which, in consequence of a Memorial, his case was referred, declared him ineligible. The Manager of the School is the Rev. P. Wilson. Two Memorials were received by the Commissioners in the matter. They were both replied to.