§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDY (Cavan, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution from the Cavan Urban Council drawing attention to the fact that the grant for Irish primary education is less by £578,905 than the grant provided for Scotland; as the number of pupils in the two countries attending primary schools is practically the same, will he explain why there is such a difference in the treatment; and whether he will at once take steps to secure fair treatment in respect of the grant for primary education in Ireland.
†Sec (4) Debates, clv., 18,1315.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) : I have received the resolution in question. If the hon. Member will refer to the Answer which I gave on the 12th November to the Question put by the hon. Member for East Kerry, he will see that while the disparity between pupils and voted moneys is in favour of Scotland if the numbers of pupils on the books are taken into account, the disparity is in favour of Ireland when the numbers in average attendance are compared.