HC Deb 25 July 1898 vol 62 c1155
SIR T. ESMONDE (Kerry, W.)

I beg to ask the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, will he explain why the Report of the Trustees of the National Library of Ireland is presented to the Department of Science and Art in January, but does not reach the public until August; and if he will take steps to secure in future that this Report is published within a shorter time of its presentation?

MR. SIB J. GORST

The Report in question forms part of the annual Report of the Science and Art Department, and cannot, therefore, be published before that Report. The annual Report for this year is already published.