§ MR. BARTON (Armagh, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when the final Report of the actuaries appointed to investigate the condition of the Irish National Teachers' Pension Fund will be presented; what is the amount of the deficit; by what means it is proposed to restore the solvency of the scheme; and whether it is intended to hand over the administration of the fund to the proposed Irish Government?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Treasury have the Report on the National Teachers' Pension Fund under consideration, and they expect shortly to be able to lay their decision upon it before the House. I am unable in the meantime to anticipate the decision or to state the exact amount of the deficiency. Eventually, of course, the Fund will be administered by the proposed Irish Government.