§ MR. DILLONTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland how much of the £35,000 voted last year for school building grants has been actually issued; and, if it has not been all issued, how the fact can be accounted for that the amount voted by the House of Commons was not issued when the need for it was admittedly extreme.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Of the amount voted for school building grants for the current year the sum of £12,700 has been issued. The reason why the full amount of the Vote has not been issued is that the plans and the scale of grants were under discussion.
§ MR. DILLONTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether each individual application for a grant for building or repairing an Irish schoolhouse comes before the Treasury in London, and whether the Treasury adjudicate on each application; and, if so, whether it is proposed to continue this system.
§ (Answered by Mr. Birrell.) It is not the practice to submit each individual application to the Treasury, but during the recent suspension of grants it was necessary to submit some urgent cases individually for approval. The continuance of this exceptional procedure is not contemplated.