§ SIR THOMAS LEA (Londonderry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the officers of the National Education Board of Ireland, in considering the claims of teachers for admission to examinations for promotion, are guided entirely by the comments contained in the inspectors' minutes without considering the marks assigned in the examination roll; and whether this procedure as a means of discovering the efficient and energetic teachers, who should be summoned to examination for promotion, has been sanctioned by the Government.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (MR. G. W. BALFOUR,) Leeds, CentralIn considering the claims of teachers for promotion the Commissioners have at all times taken into account every element in the inspectors' reports that bear on the question of the teacher's merit. The matter is entirely one for the Commissioners, and the Government have nothing to say to it.