§ CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the grant of £7,000, promised to Ireland last December in lieu of the equivalent grant for technical instruction, is now available, and, therefore, to be paid as it may be earned at the end of the present school year.
§ MR. WYNDHAMI hope to supplement out of the funds provided in the Development Grant Bill the moneys now at the disposal of the new Department of Technical Instruction.
§ CAPTAIN DONELANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the grant in lieu of the equivalent grant for technical education will be made for instruction in the subjects of technical education generally, as understood by the Agricultural and Technical Department (Ireland), or only for special subjects, and if the latter, on what subjects; and, in view of the fact that it is no longer an equivalent grant, will he state on what principle will it be paid to the different parts of the country; and whether it will be distributed on the same conditions as to amount over localities which, in the academic year 1900–1901, availed themselves of the provisions of the Technical Instruction Acts of 1889 and 1891, and over localities which have taxed themselves for technical instruction for the first time since 1901.
§ MR. WYNDHAMUntil additional funds have been placed at the disposal of the Department for the purposes of technical instruction, it cannot be stated how these funds will be administered.