§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the sum of £55,000, to be applied under the Agriculture, and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Bill to technical instruction, is exclusive, of the present grants in connection with the Science and Art Department.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe answer to this question is in the affirmative.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANWill the grants for the maintenance of existing institutions be paid in future to the parties directly by the Treasury?
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURIf the duties are transferred to the Department, the, grants will be administered by it.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANCan the right honourable Gentleman say approximately what was the amount the Science, and Art Department expended last year in Ireland?
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURNot at this moment.