§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will explain on what grounds the new rules of the National Commissioners of Education debar teachers from acting as secretaries to school attendance committees; and whether, seeing that such work is performed outside school hours and does not interfere with the discharge of their duties as teachers, he will communicate to the Commissioners the advisability of removing this disqualification.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Under Rule 88 (a): "Teachers are not permitted to carry on, or engage in, any business or occupation that will impair their usefulness as teachers." It has been decided that the position of secretary to a school attendance committee comes within the rule.