§ SIR EDWARD CARSON (Dublin University)To ask the Chief Secretary to 77 the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by whom the appointments of head school teachers in public elementary schools in Ireland are made, and whether any test as to the religion; of such teachers is applied.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the Commissioners of National Education that the appointments of all teachers of ordinary national schools in Ireland are made by the local managers of the schools, subject to general conditions as to qualifications, etc., laid down by the Commissioners, a religious test not being one of these conditions.