§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the resolution of the Intermediate Education Board, passed in June, 1903, impressing upon the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant the great urgency of appointing permanent inspectors as a necessary part of the reforms aimed at by the Act of 1900, with a view to the inspection being carried out in a thorough and comprehensive way, and with fairness to the schools; and will he say what steps, if any, have been taken to provide the system of inspection recommended by the Board.
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe whole question of inspection has engaged the attention of the Irish Government, and if the hon. Member will refer to the recently-published Report of the Commission on Intermediate Education in Ireland he will find that it was one of several matters which the Commissioners were required to investigate. The appointment of a permanent inspectorate is not recommended by them so long as the existing system of intermediate education remains unchanged.
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo, Sir.