§ MR. MACARTNEY (Leitrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, (1) whether his attention has been called to the ase of Michael Keegan, who recentlv successfully competed for a borough schoo scholarship at Swords; and that, though first in order of merit, he has been disqualified by the examiners; (2) will he state whether the alleged ground of disqualification existed in the case of previous holders of scholarships; whether the action of the examiners is in accordance with precedent; (4) to what denominations Michael Keegan and the two examiners belonged respectively; and (5) whether the matter has been referred to the Board of National Education.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe facts are correctly stated in the first part of the Question. I have no information on the second and third inquiries. The lad Keegan is a Protestant and the examiners are Roman Catholics. The objection to the decision of the examiners has been referred to the Commissioners of National Education who have informed the examiners that in their judgment Keegan was a qualified candidate.