§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state why the capitation allowance due to National school teachers on 31st December last has not yet been paid, and will it be paid before Easter.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverThe question refers to what is known as the residue of the school grant, the amount of which cannot be accurately determined till the end of each financial year. I would refer my hon. friend to the reply to the similar Question put by him on the 19th March, 1903.†