§ MR. GILHOOLY (Cork County, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Committee of Technical Instruction for the County of Cork have prepared a scheme of technical instruction for the said county; and seeing that this scheme was discussed with, and approved by, the officials of the Department of Technical Instruction in Dublin, whether he can explain the delay in giving effect to it.
§ The following Questions on the same subject also appeared on the Paper.
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork County, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the correspondence between the Cork County Council and the Department of Agriculture, and to the proceedings at the last meeting of the County Council; is he aware that the County Council protested against the action of the Department in retarding the adoption of the scheme of technical instruction, which was prepared with care and deliberation; and, whether he can state what reasons, if any, are put forward by the Department to account for the delay in putting the Technical Instruction Act into force in Cork County.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the action of the Department of Agriculture in connection with the proposed scheme of technical instruction for the County of Cork has been condemned by the Cork County Council; and what steps it is proposed to take in the matter.
§ MR. ATKINSONMy right hon. friend has received from the County Council a copy of the correspondence that has taken place between the County Council and the Department of Technical Instruction. Inquiry is being made in the matter, and perhaps the hon. Gentlemen will postpone their Questions until Thursday.