§ MR. J. MURPHY (Kerry, E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of primary schools in Ireland in which the attendance is under thirty-five; and on what grounds they have 327 been excluded from participation in the supplementary grant.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Commissioners of National Education inform me that there are 2,858 national schools in which the average attendance is under thirty-five. As to the latter part of the Question, I would refer to the Answer given by my hon. friend the Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member's Question of 26th June.