§ MR. J. L. CAREW (Dublin, College Green)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) is he aware that in Ireland the sanitary authority has no power to have schools 1135 closed for the protection, of public health in the case of epidemics breaking out, while in England the sanitary authority has such power conferred upon it; and (2) will the Government extend the same salutary protective power to Ireland?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralThe facts, I believe, are correctly stated in the first paragraph, though in England the managers of a school may appeal to the Education Department if they consider the notice requiring the school to be closed unreasonable. I should not like to answer the second paragraph without having an opportunity of consulting the Commissioners of National Education and taking their views.