§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how many teachers classed 1 (1) have, under the new Code, got increments since 1900; how many such teachers have got increments on those reports marked good; what are the conditions necessary to warrant increments for such teachers; how many teachers receive the maximum salary of £175 per annum plus capitation; and how many teachers have, since the introduction of the new Code, been promoted to the maximum salary.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Increments of "good service" salary are given triennially for good service, and all the teachers who received increments must have had "good" or "very good" reports. A good report, however, though an important condition, is not the only one necessary for the award of increment. On the 31st December, 1904, there were 538 eighty-one men principals in receipt of £175 and upwards, exclusive of capitation grant. It would be impossible to say how many teachers have been advanced to the maximum salary since the introduction of the new system without making an exhaustive and laborious investigation, which the Commissioners do not consider would serve any useful purpose.