HC Deb 02 August 1900 vol 87 c445
CAPTAIN DONELAN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, owing to the insufficiency of the Government grant for the erection of the proposed new National schools in Leyny, North Sligo, no contractor can be got to undertake the work, with the result that the children of the locality are practically deprived of the benefits of primary education, and that representations have been made on this subject to the Board of Education by the local manager; and whether, as the people of this and other congested districts in the west of Ireland are unable to supplement these grants, he will consider the advisability of having them increased.

MR. G. W. BALFOUR

An application has been made by the manager of the Leyny National school containing representations to the effect stated in the first paragraph. The regulations of the Commissioners of National Education, approved by the Treasury, limit the grant to two-thirds of the cost of the buildings as estimated by the Board of Works, and the Commissioners have, therefore, no power to supplement the grant. I will make further inquiry into the matter.