§ MR. O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether in his education scheme he will consider the advisability of establishing annual prizes for each class in every school in Ireland as an alternative to compulsion; what would be the cost of establishing such annual prizes on the following 1453 scale:—1st class, 60s.; 2nd class, 50s.; 3rd class, 40s.; 4th class, 30s.; 5th class, 20s.; 6th class, 10s.; and what is the estimated cost of applying compulsion to school attendance throughout Ireland?
§ MR. JACKSONI am afraid the alternative scheme which the hon. Member suggests would hardly be as effective in securing the attendance of children as the one we propose. I have not at present figures which would enable me to give the information sought in the second and third paragraphs of the question.