§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether any, and, if so, how much, money was allocated to Ireland, and when and in what manner, as Ireland's equivalent for the grants made to England out of the Imperial purse under 33 and 34 Vic, c. 75, Section 9, as amended by 60 and 61 Vic, c. 16; and whether any, and, if so, how much, money was allocated to Ireland, and when and in what manner, as Ireland's equivalent for the grants made to England out of the Imperial purse under the Voluntary Schools Act, 60 and 61 Vic, c. 5, Section 1.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The answer is in the negative in both cases.
§ MR. CALDWELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, having regard to the fact as borne on the Education Estimates for England, that England, in lieu of the grants under the Acts of 1870 and 1897, is to receive under the Education Act of 1902 half a rear's grant amounting to £1,100,000, or at the rate of £2,200,000 a year, he will explain on what basis Ireland is only to receive as an equivalent an annual fixed sum of £185,000, and state how much Ireland would have been entitled to receive on the principle of nine-hundredth parts of the probate duty under The Probate Duties (Scotland and Ireland) Act, 1888.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The estimated net amount of the additional grant in England under the Education 904 Act, 1902, for 1903–4, on the assumption that a full and normal year's provision were required, would be £1,352,000. The proportionate amount for Ireland reckoned on the population of the two countries according to the last census works out to £185,000. Nine-eightieths of £1,352,000 would, of course, be £152,100.