§ MR. BOLAND (Kerry, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lori-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can now state (1) the number of model schools in Ireland recognised on the 31st day of December, 1904; (2) the cost of each pupil in average attendance in each model school for the year 1904; (3) the number of model schools in which there were no Catholic pupils on the rolls on the 31st day of December, 1904; (4) the number of pupil-teachers in office in the model schools on the 31st day of December, 1904, according to religious denominations; and can he state (5) how many of these pupil-teachers had been appointed by competitive examination, and if not by competitive examination, will he state the reason in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) (1) The number of model schools recognised on December 31st, 1904, was thirty, which are sub divided intoseventy-five departments, each of which has a separate roll number. (2) The cost of each pupil in average attendance in each model school for the year 1904 was as follows:—
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£ s. d. Central 4 16 10¾ Glasnevin 4 16 4½ Athy 6 14 11 Ballymena 6 3 5£ Clonmel 6 4 5¼ Cork 6 11 4¼ Enniscorthy 6 5 10
£ s. d. Galway 4 2 7¾ Limerick 6 16 11½ Newry 4 19 9¾ Sligo 5 3 11¼ Water ford 8 0 11¼ Carrickfergus 4 10 8¾ Monaghan 4 12 5½ Omagh 4 12 7¾ West Dublin 3 14 11½ Inchicore 3 0 4¼ Bailieboro' 5 0 8¼ Belfast 4 17 9 Coleraine 5 6 4¼ Dunmanway 5 2 10¾ Enniskillen 5 7 7¾ Kilkenny 5 18 9¾ Londonderry 3 19 9¾ Newtownards 4 4 5 Trim 6 9 10¼ Ballymoney 4 9 2¼ Lurgan 4 0 11 Newtownstewart 5 1 9¼ Parsonstown 5 7 8
§ (The expenditure on the model schools by the Board of Works is not included in calculating the above.) (3) The number of model school departments in which there were no Catholic pupils on the rolls on December 31st, 1904, was twenty-eight, out of a total of seventy-five. (4) There were 172 pupil-teachers recognised in model schools on December 31st, 1904, their religious denominations being as follows:—Roman Catholic, forty; Established Church, fifty-six; Presbyterian, sixty-three; Methodist, twelve; Other, one. (5) These were appointed by competitive examination, with the following exceptions:—one Roman Catholic, three Established Church, one Presbyterian. The five pupil-teachers were boys, and they were appointed on the special recommendation of the Board's inspectors, who satisfied themselves as to the qualifications of the candidates, as it was found that the number of boy candidates who qualified at the competitive examination was insufficient to fill the vacancies then existing.