§ MR. M'KEAN (Monaghan, S)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the National teachers of Ireland who were in the service of the Board before April 1900, have been graded in accordance with the new Rules; and if not, will he explain why this has not been done.
(Answer.) As a rule, the teachers in the service of the Board of National Education before 1st April 1900, have been; graded by the fixing of their consolidated salary. In many cases, promotion in grade will become possible on the award next April of the first increment of continued good-service salary.—(Irish Office.)