§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Intermediate Education Board are now prepared to furnish members of the Joint Committee of the heads of Irish secondary schools with copies of their proposed new rules as soon as those new rules are laid upon the Table of this House; and whether facilities will be given for the discussion of these rules in Parliament.
§ Mr. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the Answer to his Question of 29th April which my hon. friend the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture gave on my behalf. For the reasons then stated the Board of Intermediate Education do not propose to promulgate copies of their rules until they have lain before Parliament for the statutory period. When the rules are laid before Parliament full opportunity will doubtless arise for discussing them. That, indeed, would appear to be the object of the provision that the rules are not to become operative until they have lain on the Table for forty days without being disallowed.
§ Mr. BOLANDWhen will the new rules be laid
§ Mr. BIRRELLI cannot say.