§ MR. DELANYOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Limerick, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the two rooms, each thirty-four feet by eighteen, in the Banogue Schoolhouse, which give a floor space of fourteen feet per child on the rolls, and had been held to render a class room unnecessary, although under the same roof are not on the same storey, have no communication with each other on the inside, have their entrances on the outside of the house on opposite ends, so that to pass from one end to the other it is necessary to traverse the recreation ground; and whether, seeing that the Catholic Bishop of Limerick stated recently that he had visited the school and found all the children huddled together in one room thirty-four feet by eighteen, he will now ask the Education Commissioners to reconsider the amalgamation of the schools.
§ MR. ATKINSONIt is a fact that the rooms are one over the other as stated. The senior standards are taught in one room by the master, and the junior standards in the other by the mistress. This arrangement has worked satisfactorily, and the inspector has reported in high terms of the manner in which the school is conducted. The Commissioners do not intend to depart from the arrangement, which is obviously for the benefit of the pupils.