HC Deb 14 August 1907 vol 180 cc1280-1
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will give the dates on which meetings of the National Education Board have been held between the 1st July, 1906, and 30th June, 1907; the names of the Commissioners present at each of these meetings; the number of meetings attended by each of the twenty Commissioners during the twelve months in question; and the remuneration in the way of salary or expenses, etc, paid to each Commissioner for each meeting attended.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The following statement gives the dates of meetings of the National Education Board during the period referred to and the number of Commissioners present at each meeting—

Dates of Meetings. Number of Commissioners present.
1906.
July 3 15
July 17 14
July 31 9
August 14 10
August 28 14
September 11 13
September 25 11
October 9 16
October 23 14
November 6 13
November 20 17
December 4 16
December 18 16
1907.
January 3 12
January 15 13
January 29 12
February 12 9
February 26 12
March 12 10
March 20 8
March 26 12
April 9 12
April 23 11
May 7 17
May 14 15
May 21 12
June 4. 10
June 18 14

The Commissioners do not receive any remuneration by way of salary, but their travelling and personal expenses are paid, and the payments are regularly audited by the Exchequer and Audit Department. The Commissioners inform me that they do not think it desirable to give details as to the attendance of individual members of their body, as they consider that no useful purpose would be served by furnishing this information.