§ MR. KNOX (Cavan)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether there is any other authority under the Education 458 Act of 1892 to decide whether a school is efficient except the Justices in Petty Sessions; and whether he contemplates that the giving or refusal of a grant to a school other than a national school shall depend on the decision of the Justices?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Education Act of 1892 provides that a Court of Summary Jurisdiction may make an Order for the attendance of a child at some national or other efficient school. The Act does not define what is an efficient school, and the Court of Summary Jurisdiction must determine it for the purpose of its order, and for no other purpose, if the question be raised. The making of a grant to a school does not depend on the decision of the Justices. Under Section 18 of the Act it may be made to all elementary schools conducted in accordance with the regulations of the National Board of Education.