§ Mr. VESEY KNOX (Londonderry)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the National Board have recommended any changes in the system of national education in Ireland consequent on the Report of the Commission on Manual Instruction; and whether he will especially consider the desirability of providing further facilities for the erection and equipment of training colleges for teachers, in order to carry out the changes proposed?
§ The ATTORNEY GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) Londonderry, N.My right honourable Friend the Chief Secretary has asked me to answer the Questions addressed to him. The Report of the Commission on Manual Instruction has only recently been received, and the Commissioners of National Education have not had sufficient time to decide as to the changes in respect to schools and training colleges that it may be found expedient to recommend. The Commissioners are not at present in a position to offer an, opinion as to the matter referred to in the second paragraph.