§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has the Committee to which the question of the revision of the standard plans for national schools was referred by the Commissioners of the National Board yet made a Report; if so, what is the nature of the Report, and when will its effect be communicated to managers who have so far back as two years ago made application for grants for the erection of new schools; and what has been the cause of the delay.
(Answered by Mr. Atkinson.) The Committee inquired into the subject of plans, specifications, and grants for building school-houses. It has made a Report, which, being a Departmental document, it is not proposed to publish. Pending a final decision on the Report, the Commissioners will allow the building of schools in urgent cases to proceed under the old regulations and on the old plans, if the managers prefer that course to waiting for the revised rules and plans.