§ MR. JACKSON (Leeds)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can inform the House the number of National schools in Ireland; the number of such schools in which school fees have been entirely abolished under "The Education (Ire- 1393 land Act, 1892"; and the number, if any, in which school fees have been partly abolished?
MR. J. MORLEYI am informed by the Commissioners of National Education that the number of national Schools in Ireland to which Section 18 of the Education (Ireland) Act applies is 8,234; that of these, school fees have been entirely abolished in 7,163, and partially abolished in 1,071.