§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether the writer of the recently issued special Report on educational subjects, volume 17, has any acquaintance with educational affairs in Ireland, and in particular with the work of the Gaelic League in promoting the study of the language, history, and poetry of Ireland on the very lines adopted by Bishop Grundtvig in founding the Danish high schools; and, if not, can he say why this writer should have gone out of his way, at page 118 of this Report, to make a wholly unwarranted reflection on Irish educational efforts by stating that if in Ireland some Father Mathew could initiate a high-school crusade with some thing of the Danish enthusiasm, Ireland s day of prosperity would have come indeed.
§ MR. LOUGHMy right hon. friend has already stated that the Board must not be taken as necessarily endorsing the opinions of the author referred to in the Question. We have no information with regard to the specific points now raised.
§ MR. BOLANDWill there be any opportunity of correcting this statement in the Report, which is wholly without foundation?