MR. KENDAL O' BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the rate per annum upon which the salary of the teacher of Mohorough National School, Roll No. 5,094, was calculated and paid for the quarters ending the 31st day of March, 1901, and the 30th day of June, 1901.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Mr. McCarthy was paid at the rate of £87 per annum for the quarter ended 31st March, 1901. This rate was paid in error, as the correct rate was £85 per annum, and there has consequently been an overpayment which the teacher will be asked to refund. The payment made was intended to represent the total of his consolidated income, including residual capitation grant, under the fourth clause of the fourth schedule to the Irish Education Act of 1892. From the 1st April, 1901, the consolidated income of all teachers was divided into two 71 portions, and the second portion (the residual capitation grant) was paid in one sum at the end of the financial year. The other portion was paid quarterly. In the case of Mr. McCarthy the portion paid quarterly amounted to £74 per annum, and it was at this rate he was paid for the quarter ended 30th June, 1901.