§ MR. MURPHYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is prepared to publish the correspondence which took place between the Treasury and the Commissioners of National Education as to the withdrawal of fees for teaching the Irish language; whether it was the Treasury who first called the Commissioners' attention to the increase in fees for Irish and subsequently directed the Commissioners to withdraw the fees altogether; whether it is true that the Commissioners asked the Treasury not to withdraw the fees and urged the advantage of retaining them as most useful educationally, as the Irish language was an important factor in Irish education; whether it is true that the equivalent of the fees so withdrawn by the action of the Treasury can be used by the Commissioners for any other educational purpose; and whether, under all the circumstances, he now withdraws his statement in the House that the withdrawal of the fees "was a suggestion on the part of the National Board."
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have nothing to add to the statements already made by me in this matter.