§ MR. KNOXI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury who were the members of the Committee on the Irish Teachers' Pension Fund, and by whom were they appointed; and, whether he will lay a copy of their Report, together with any actuarial Reports which were placed before them, upon the Table of the House, in order that hon. Members may have an opportunity of examining it before the adjourned discussion on the Irish Education Estimates is resumed?
§ MR. HANBURYThe Committee consists of Mr. Redington (the resident Commissioner of the Education Board), Mr. Finlaison (the Actuary of the National Debt Office), and Mr. Spring Rice, of the Treasury. It was appointed by the Treasury, with the concurrence, of the Irish Government. I fear that their Report cannot in any ease be ready in time for discussion in Supply, nor can 262 the Government pledge themselves as to its presentation before it has been received; but, as I said on the 8th of June, "as soon as the Report of the Committee has been considered by the Government a full explanation of the position of the fund will be made to Parliament."
§ MR. J. J. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the proposed grant-in-aid of the Irish Teachers' Pension Fund will to any extent benefit the teachers in Irish Convent National Schools: and, if not, how is it proposed to recoup those teachers for the loss they have sustained by the now admittedly insufficient amounts granted to Ireland in respect of the school grant for the last four years?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI must ask the hon. and learned Gentleman to defer this Question till Thursday.