§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is prepared to terminate the expenditure resulting from the payment of extra fees for teaching Irish in National Schools, amounting in the past year to £17,250, and to allocate an equivalent amount to educational objects of a practical and beneficial character, such as have been pressed on his attention by the Commissioners of National Education and indicated in their published Reports.
§ MR. BIRRELLI have no present intention of departing from the existing scheme which was arrived at in response to a widespread demand and after long and careful consideration.