§ MR. SLOANTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state who appointed Mr. S. E. Stronge to his present position in the National Education Office, Dublin; for what term is the appointment made, and when does it terminate; does he receive extra remuneration for his services and who performs his duty as senior inspector; if the duties he is now performing are those for which the Commissioners have appointed two chief inspectors at a special rate of salary; and, if so, whether he will explain why these duties are assigned to Mr. Stronge instead of chief inspectors, and what work is now assigned to the chief inspectors other than that which Mr. Stronge performs for them.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) The Board ordered that one of the senior inspectors should be brought to the Education Office for special duty, and Mr. Stronge was the senior inspector selected. His term of employment was not defined, and it cannot be stated when it will terminate. Mr. Stronge receives no extra remuneration. His duties as senior inspector are performed, during his absence from circuit, by Dr. Bateman, district inspector. Mr. Stronge is not performing any of the duties of the chief inspectors.