§ MR. T. L. CORBETTTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether teachers entitled to increment from 1st April have received payment of the same; and, if not, what is the cause of the delay.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that more than three-fourths of the teachers have received their increments, and the remainder are in active process of being paid. The work, they inform me, has been exceptionally heavy this year, owing to the fact that this is the concluding year of the triennial period.