§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of pupils on the rolls of the 197 primary schools of the Christian Brothers in Ireland, and the amounts contributed from the Imperial Exchequer annually towards the maintenance of those schools.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Commissioners of National Education have no information as to the total number of pupils in the Christian Brothers primary schools. There are seventeen of such schools in receipt of grants from the Commissioners. The number of pupils on the rolls of these schools on 31st December last was 3,230, and the payments to the teaching staffs from the Vote for Primary Education in 1906 was £4,935.