§ MR. SHEEHANI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is any breach of the regulations controlling the appointment of national teachers in Ireland that they should also own and work farms, particularly if these be farms from which former tenants were evicted.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the Commissioners of National Education that there is no rule in their code relating to the ownership or working of farms by national teachers. Teachers are not permitted to carry on or engage in any 1545 business or occupation that would impair their usefulness as teachers.