§ MR. LUNDON (Limerick, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can explain why the teacher of Cappamore National School, county Limerick, though he was classed second division of first class under the old rules, and has given thirty-five years service, and the attendance of whose school is sufficient to warrant payment of first grade salary, has his salary now fixed at £2 less than the initial salary of his grade; and whether steps will be taken to give him, not only the initial salary of his grade, but also some portion of the increments to which his long service entitles him.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe average income of this teacher for the three years ended 31st March, 1900, slightly exceeded £128, and his consolidated salary was fixed provisionally at £129. First class and first grade are not identical, as appears to be assumed in the question. The triennial increments of continued good service salary are introduced under the new system of payments for service rendered after 1st April, 1900.