§ MR. SLOANI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that managers of national schools in Ireland are held liable under the Employers' Liability Act of 1906, and seeing that the Commissioners have the right to recognise them as managers and to withdraw such recognition, and that the Commissioners themselves have the right to admonish, reprimand, fine, and dismiss the teachers, together with the fact that the salaries paid by the Commissioners are derived from public funds, he will endeavour to provide a remedy to relieve managers from any liability under the above Act.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe Treasury cannot assume any liability for injuries sustained by national school teachers, since they are appointed by, and under the control of, the local managers and are not in the employment of the State.
§ MR. RUNCIMANIt lies with the managers themselves.