§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the expert teacher who conducted the school of crochet at Monivea, County Galway, has been transferred by order of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Education, in spite of the fact that the Tuam Committee unanimously passed a resolution recommending that the teacher be left at Monivea until such time as the class can carry on the work; whether he is aware that the class has not yet received the necessary amount of instruction; and will the proper steps be taken to prevent the stoppage of this local industry, 30 (Answer). The facts are not quite accurately stated in the first and second parts of the Question. The class of crochet received from the County Committee the services of an itinerant instructress for three months from the 1st October last, subsequently renewed for another period of three months. The Department, having been consulted in the matter, expressed the opinion that any further extension of this teacher's services would take away the itinerant character of her work, and suggested that application should be made to the County Technical Instruction Committee for a permanent teacher. It is presumed the matter will now be considered by the latter Committee.—(Irish Office.)