MR. FIELD (Dublin, St. Patrick)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has observed the resolution proposed by Mr. W. H. Boyle (Gilford), at the Annual Congress of the National Teachers of Ireland, recently held in Derry, suggesting that now on the rearrangement of the salaries of Irish National teachers arrangements should be made to abolish the disparity between the incomes of teachers in non contributory and contributory unions; and whether he will restore that uniformity which formerly existed, and whether arrangements have been or will be made with the Treasury to give effect to that suggestion.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. G. W. BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)For the future, existing teachers of National Schools in Unions that have hitherto been contributory will have in- 245 cluded in their income from State sources the amount of the contributions voted by the Unions. In the case of future teachers no disparity will exist.