§ MR. W. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1) whether, seeing that Parliament will be asked to vote a sum of £800,000 towards the building of the Museum of Science and Art at South Kensington under the Civil Service Loans Bill, an Irish equivalent of eleven-eightieths will be asked for the proposed new building for a Royal College of Science in Dublin for Ireland; (2) 563 whether the erection of this new College of Science has been reported to be essential by a Government Committee of Inquiry; and (3) whether it will be placed under Irish control?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURThe erection of a new College of Science in Dublin has been favourably reported upon by a Government Committee of Inquiry, and the whole question is now under consideration. The first part of the Question should not be addressed to the Irish Government, but to the Treasury.