§ MR. JOHN REDMOND (Waterford)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the widespread feeling in Ireland that the reduction of marks for Irish in the preparatory grade, under the new Intermediate Educational Rules, will have a detrimental effect on the study of the Irish language in both intermediate and university courses; and whether, under these circumstances, the Lord Lieutenant will take into consideration an alteration of the new rules sanctioned by him?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI am afraid I have nothing to add to the statement made by me on this subject on Thursday night, unless it be to say that no remonstrance against the reduction has reached the Board of Intermediate Education from any manager of a school, and that it would not appear, therefore, that there exists any widespread dissatisfaction with the reduction.