§ CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the special grant to school teachers in Ireland who take out university degrees has been definitely cancelled; if so, how much saving is thereby effected; and will he
† See (4) Debates, clxvii., 1517.311 favourably consider a renewal of the grant, with a view to attracting the best of Irishmen to the profession.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)The hon. Member is under a misapprehension in supposing that a special grant has ever been given to Irish national school teachers who hold university degrees. The question of making any such grant is not at present under consideration.