§ MR. SLOAN (Belfast, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Treasury have foregone their claim to any part of the school fees collected in the Irish model schools; and, if so, will the Commissioners of National Education distribute the fees collected in each model school among the teachers of that school, as is the practice in all ordinary national schools; or will they use part of this money in paying house rent for female teachers who have not been provided with residences, and distribute the remainder among the staffs of the various model schools where very small fees are collected; and will the teachers get a share as in those schools where considerable sums are received.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) Last year the Treasury agreed to forego their claim to the school fees collected from model school pupils, and sanctioned the following rules for payments to model school teachers out of such fees: (1.) To each head mistress appointed since 1st April 1900 £20 per annum as an allowance for a residence; in the case of a head mistress appointed as such after 1st April 1900, if she carried over from the old system model school supplementary salary gained as assistant before that date, the allowance for residence shall be only the excess, if any, of £20 above the amount so carried over; (2.) to each head master and head mistress appointed since 1st April 1900 £10 per annum, to stand in the place of endowment or local aid; (3.) the residue to be distributed among all the teachers (head teachers and assistants) at present serving, or hereafter appointed, in model schools, on the principle that the head 357 teacher shall receive twice the share of an assistant. The school fees collected from model school pupils, between 1st April 1905 and 31st December 1905, have been paid to the model school teachers in accordance with these regulations.