§ MR. JOYCEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 1592 Ireland whether he is aware that the Roxborough Road schools were built, I with the exception of a sum of £50, by, the ratepayers of the city and county of Limerick, nine-tenths of whom are Roman Catholics, and that the premises are vested in the Commissioners of Education in Ireland by Act of Parliament, with an express prohibition against selling or letting them; and, in view of the fact that the town council of Limerick by unanimous resolution protested against the uses to which these premises are now applied, will he state what steps he proposes to take in this matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe cost of building the Roxborough Road schools was £1,672, of which the sum of £1,640 was presented by the grand juries of the county of Limerick and of the county of the city of Limerick. The premises are vested by statute in the Commissioners of Education in Ireland, to be held as part of the demesne belonging to the Diocesan Free School of the dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe, and Kilfenora inalienably, and not to be let or disposed of to any other use whatever. I have no information on the proportions of the religious denominations of the ratepayers of the city and county of Limerick. The town council by resolution dated 2nd September, 1897, protested against the uses to which the premises were applied. The Commissioners have acted under the law as administered by the Court of Chancery in reference 'to the management of trust property by trustees. The Government do not propose to take any action in the matter.