§ MR. MOONEY (Newry)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of teachers of national schools in Ireland with over twenty-five years service from whom salary was withdrawn during the year 1906; how many of these received no remuneration for loss of means of earning a livelihood; and will he recommend the Commissioners of National Education to take their cases into consideration, and grant them some recompense for loss of employment.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that the number of teachers with twenty-five years service from whom salary was withdrawn during the year 1906 is twenty-eight. All of these except eight were retired on pension. The Commissioners have no power to grant compensation for loss of employment.