§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland 1405 in the year 1903 required of the manager of the Kilmeedy national schools, in the county of Limerick, any condition for the giving of the grant-in-aid for the building of new schools there; and, if not, why in the year 1904 did the Commissioners require the boys' and girls' schools should be amalgamated in the event of the average daily attendance in the boys' school not warranting the appointment of an assistant as a condition for giving the grant-in-aid towards the building of the schools; and whether he will still insist on the manager agreeing to these conditions before giving the grant.
§ MR. ATKINSONThe manager's formal application for a building grant was received by the Commissioners on the 30th December, 1903. The application was not considered during the year 1903, and consequently no condition in connection with the question of awarding a building grant was imposed during that year. The condition referred to was communicated to the manager in 1904, and in taking this action, which it is not intended to depart from, the Commissioners were guided solely by a desire to promote the educational interests of the locality.