MR. PIKE PEASEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what was the total sum raised by local rates during 1906–7 for the purpose of elementary education in Ireland.
§ MR. BIRRELLNo local education rate is raised in Ireland. The expenses of school attendance committees, however, fall upon the rates; and the cost of repairing national schools not vested in the Commissioners of National Education is borne by the localities, as well as a portion of the cost of building such schools.