§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the various grades into which national teachers in Ireland are now divided, the number in each grade, and the salary and pension of each grade.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The grades into which national school teachers are divided, the numbers in each grade on 31st December, 1904, and 115 the standard annual salaries (exclusive of residual capitation grant, payment for
| Grade. | No. | Salaries. |
| Principal Teachers— | ||
| First Grade, First Division | 490 | Men £139 to £175. |
| Women £114 to £141. | ||
| First Grade, Second Division | 733 | Men £117 to £127. |
| Women £97 to £105. | ||
| Second Grade | 2,474 | Men £87 to £107. |
| Women £73 to £89. | ||
| Third Grade | 4,575 | Men £56 to £77. |
| Women £44 to £65. | ||
| Assistant Teachers | 4,009 | * |
| * Assistant Teachers receive third grade salary, with an added bonus of £9 for men and £7 10s. for women, after five years service, if the assistant be trained or classed higher than third class. |
§ The rules touching the relations between the grading of teachers and their pension rights are at present under revision.