§ DR. MACNAMARATo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of Irish ex-teachers now on the Irish Teachers' Pension Fund, with the yearly amounts of pension or gratuity in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The number of ex-teachers now on the Irish Teachers' Pension Fund is 1,897. The amounts of pension received are very various. The lion. Member will find the scales and conditions on which 913 they are granted set forth in the Irish Teachers' Pension Rules, 1897, which have been printed and published. No gratuities are awarded, but in certain cases the premiums paid by a teacher are refunded to him in a single payment.