§ MR. J. P. FARRELL () Cavan, W.I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution passed by Cavan County Council, recommending that in all Irish speaking districts the knowledge of English and other useful subjects shall be imparted through the medium of Irish, and in places not Irish speaking it shall be lawful to teach Irish as a remunerated subject. And whether he can state if it is the intention of the Government to give effect to the resolution.
§ MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. G. M. BALFOUR)The resolution referred to has been received, and has been brought under the notice of the Commissioners of National Education. As I have already stated, the matter is entirely one for consideration by the Commissioners, who are the proper authorities to deal with it, in connection with the revision of the school programme shortly to be carried out.