MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can say why the salaries due to the teachers of the National Schools at Windgap, county Kilkenny, for the quarter ended 31st March last have not yet been paid, and when they will be paid.
MR. G. W. BALFOUEThe salaries of the teaching staff of the boys school at Windgap for the period mentioned have been paid. In the case of the girls school the usual quarterly returns were not received by the Commissioners until the 17th ultimo. Payment could not then be made, as the manager omitted to furnish the necessary certificates as to the observance of the Commissioners' rules and the character of the teachers. The Returns having been sent back to the manager for completion were received on the 30th ultimo with qualified answers upon the points referred to. The salaries of the assistant teacher and monitor will be paid to-day. But the manager has not certified the claim of the principal teacher, whose salary cannot be paid pending further investigation by the Commissioners.