HC Deb 13 March 1900 vol 80 c743
MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Glamorganshire, Rhondda)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether four teachers were recently rusticated from the Marlborough Street Training College, Dublin; what were the grounds of complaint against them; were these complaints investigated by the Board or by the college authorities, and were the teachers in question given any opportunity of meeting the charges made against them or being heard in their own defence; and if he has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House the report on which the Commissioners acted.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. ATKINSON,) (for Mr. G. W. Balfour) Londonderry, N.

Four Queen's Scholars were sent home from the training college in February last, owing to frequent absences from duty through ill-health. This was the only ground of complaint against them. The absences were reported by the principals of the college, and the cause of the absence was certified in each case by the medical officer. The duration of the absence was considered to preclude their proper completion of the current training course, but they may be admitted to a succeeding one. The matter is not of sufficient importance to justify the laying of the report in question on the Table of the House, as suggested.