§ MR. DOOGANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in the interests of national education, he will take steps to shorten the period of retirement, on full pension, of Irish teachers?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURAs at present advised, I am not prepared to take any further steps for the purpose indicated in the question.
§ MR. DOOGANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether steps have been taken to place the Irish National Teachers' Pension Fund upon a solvent basis?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe steps taken to secure the solvency of the fund are still the subject of correspondence between the Treasury and the Irish Government.