HC Deb 15 May 1893 vol 12 cc919-20
MR. DANE

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that Miss Dolan, a teacher, was recently dismissed without any notice by the manager of the Corratawy National School, County Cavan, and was compelled to threaten legal proceedings in order to get paid the salary due to her; what is the usual and proper notice prior to the dismissal of a teacher; is he also aware that the manager in question appointed William Monagle teacher in the place of Miss Dolan, and compelled him to refund him the amount of the salary paid her; and will the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland direct the manager to recoup William Monagle the money so paid, and prevent a recurrence of such a transaction?

MR. J. MORLEY

I am informed that Miss Dolan was the teacher of the Cree National School up to the loth October, 1889, and that she never had charge of Corratawy National School, which did not become operative till January, 1890. A few months before the manager, the Rev. Mr. Corr, P. P., closed the Cree school he notified his intention not to appoint Miss Dolan to the charge of the new Corratawy school, and explained as his reason that he desired to appoint a teacher of higher class than Miss Dolan, who was only in the third or lowest class. There is no record in the Office of the Commissioners of National Education of the dismissal of Miss Dolan without notice by the manager, or of legal proceedings taken in the case. The usual and proper notice of dismissal of teachers by managers is one of three months; and if such notice be not given, then three months' salary must be paid, unless the summary dismissal was for misconduct or other sufficient reason. The Commissioners have no information of the alleged transaction between the manager and Mr. Monagle, the new teacher, whose appointment in succession to Miss Dolan was duly notified by the manager to the Commissioners. The Commissioners are quite ready to receive any representation which may enable them, if it be deemed necessary, to institute an inquiry into the matter.