MR. PATRICK O'BRIENI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can say how the amount of result fees to be paid to National schools is calculated in the cases of schools in which the annual results period terminated on 31st March last, but which schools were not examined by the school inspector in accordance with the old rules; and when will those result fees be paid.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOUREvery National school in operation during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1900, has been examined for results fees. In a small number of cases these examinations did not actually take place within the financial year owing to the necessity of postponing the visits of the inspectors through the prevalency of sickness in the locality of the schools, or from other causes; but in all these cases results fees have been paid, or will be paid with the least possible delay, for the results period terminated within the financial year.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURI must ask for notice. I have, however, no reason to suppose they will not be paid in the usual manner.