§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in view of the fact that the Board organisers have held, or are holding, courses of training in convents for the exclusive use of the inmates, and that a number of national school teachers are still deprived of facilities for training in the new system owing to the attendance of organisers in convents, whether he will arrange for the organisers to hold courses in larger non-convent national schools for the use of their staff.
(Answered by MR. Wyndham.) The courses conducted in convent national schools are not limited to the inmates of convents. They are open to, and are attended by, the teachers of other national schools. Similar courses are also held in schools and buildings not in any way connected with convents. The Commissioners have made, and will continue to make, arrangements for courses in model schools and other non-convent schools so as to suit the requirements of all classes of national teachers.