§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether there is any rule of the Irish National Board preventing a teacher from acting as secretary to a school attendance committee: and, if so, what is that rule; and will he explain why a teacher is debarred from the discharge of purely secretarial work of this kind.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) Under Rule 180' (a) "Teachers of national schools are not permitted to carry on, or engage in, any business or occupation that will impair their usefulness as teachers." It has been decided that the position of secretary to a school attendance committee comes within the rule.