§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland what are the initial and maximum salaries which are payable to assistant teachers in Irish National Schools; how many years does it take before an assistant reaches this maximum; how many assistants have given ten years efficient service; and what is the estimated cost of giving those assistants second grade salary.
§ MR. BIRRELLI gave the figures asked for in the first two parts of this Question in my Answer to the hon. Member's similar Question on the 14th instant. As regards the remainder of the Question the Commissioners of National Education inform me that the information asked for could not be furnished without an investigation of the careers of all the assistant teachers concerned and of the reports on their schools, and this would involve considerable labour and expense.