§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is proposed to give extra salary to graduates of Universities who are teachers in Irish national schools; and whether, seeing that such a change would help to raise the standard of education to the benefit of the Irish child, steps will be taken to make provision in the next Estimates for such a change.
1338 (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative. The adoption of this proposal would involve very considerable expense and it would be a question whether any addition to the funds available for primary education could not be better expended in some other way.