§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Commissioners of National Education have as yet taken steps to determine the incomes of those teachers whose cases were held to require special consideration; and if not, seeing that some of these teachers are receiving £30 per annum less than they would now receive had the 1340 old system of payment continued, whether the Commissioners will take immediate steps to adjust the incomes of such teachers; and whether, in the case of principal teachers who obtained second class with special distinction in 1898, and who secured or would be entitled to promotion to second division of first class under the old regulations, the Commissioners will award incomes to such teachers equal to those they would have had as first class teachers under the results system.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Commissioners are taking steps to determine the incomes of those teachers whose cases are held to require special consideration under Rule 63. They will proceed with this work as rapidly as possible, considering the number and complexity of the claims submitted.