§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Commissioners of National Education still maintain that all national teachers have been paid the balance of residual grant for the year 1900; and if so, will 511 he explain why the case of Mr. Edward Graham, late principal teacher of Killeevan National School, county Monaghan, who retired from the service on 30th June, 1900, never came under the new system of payment, and was therefore entitled to six months balance at the time of his resignation, but has not yet been paid any portion of it; and whether, as formerly promised, he will grant the appointment of an independent auditor to inquire fully into this matter.
§ MR. WYNDHAMActing on information previously supplied, I have informed the' House that the residual grant for the year 1900–1 had been paid in every case. I now learn that there have been some instances involving exceptional causes of delay. I have, therefore, asked for further particulars of these cases. The sum of £1 12s. 6d due to Mr. Graham was, through inadvertence, not paid. It has now been remitted to him.