§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a scheme has been framed under the Educational Endowments (Ireland) Act, 1885, for the government and management of the
† See (4) Debates, cxliv., 133, 1250.‡ See page 589.1336 endowments in connection with Guy's Free Schools, Ballymena; and that memorials signed by Ballymena residents, protesting against the diversion of the endowments as defined in the scheme, the removal of the schools from their present site, the site on which it is pro posed to rebuild, and asking an inquiry into the circumstances of the case, had been received by the educational endowments inspectors; and, if so, will he state whether it is intended, before any further steps are taken, to grant the inquiry asked for.(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Answer to the first inquiry is in the' affirmative. The scheme provides that the governors shall not move the school to another site without the con sent of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests. The Commissioners have not yet received an application for their consent, but when the matter comes before them they will doubtless consider any memorial which persons interested may address to them. The Educational Endowments (Ireland) Commission has long since ceased to exist. The Commissioners of Education in Ireland have received the memorial referred to but they have no control over the endowment.