§ MR. MCKEAN (Monaghan, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland why the salaries of the teachers in Corcreagh national school (Roll No. 13,811), in the county of Monaghan, have not been paid for the quarter ending the 30th September last; why no reply was sent when the manager, the Very Reverend Dean Bermingham, P.P., V.G., and subsequently the principal teacher, wrote to the Commissioners on the subject of the delay; and whether he will have the matter inquired into.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that the salaries were not paid at the usual time, 16th October, because the quarterly Returns on which the payments-depend were irregular and had to be sent back to the manager for completion. These Returns were not received in a complete state until the 28th instant, whereupon the salaries were issued. The manager's letter was received on the 14th November, and on the 17th November the circumstances connected with the delay in payment were fully explained to him.