§ Mr. MACARTNEY (Anterim, S.)To ask the Chief Secratary to the Lord 911 Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state on what basis the payment to national school teachers known as equivalent for results was made; and whether the Commissioners of National Education applied to the Treasury to allow special consideration in cases where the application of the general principle worked out unfairly to the individual teachers; and, if so, what was the result of such application.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The payment of equivalent grants, understanding by equivalent grant the single sum paid to each teacher in 1900-1 in lieu of results fees, and not the portion of consolidated salaries corresponding to results fees, was made, as a rule, on the basis of the average incomes of the years immediately grant. In certain cases where it was shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the grant in lieu of results fees supplementary grants were made. The Commissioners of National Education did not apply to the Treasury to allow special consideration in individual cases.