§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that the cases of the training colleges in Dublin and of the provincial colleges are similar, and that the work 267 done by the provincial training colleges is the same in kind in every respect, and subject to the test of identical examinations with that done in the denominational and undenominational colleges in Dublin, he will explain why the Treasury discriminate between the financial assistance given to the two sets of colleges; and whether, seeing that a free home is given to the Dublin colleges by a building loan, the interest on which is paid by an annual Vote in the Estimates, can he state whether there is anything in the Treasury rules to prevent the same being done in the case of the provincial training colleges.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe payment referred to at the end of the Question has been made since 1890 in accordance with an arrangement of that date between the Irish Government and the Treasury. The provincial colleges at Belfast, Waterford and Limerick have been established since 1890, and the arrangement of that year does not apply to them.