§ MR. BOLANDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, in spite of frequent representations on the subject, no proper facilities have been granted by the National Board of Education for the construction of new schools at Curraheen, Glenbeigh, to take the place of the existing Keelnabrack School which has been condemned as unsafe for use; and can he say what steps, if any, will be taken to have the new school built.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that a grant of two-thirds of the estimated cost of providing a new school at Curraheen for the pupils of the Keelnabrack School was sanctioned in April last, but the manager declined the offer upon the ground that, owing to the poverty of the district, he was unable to guarantee the remaining third. The Commissioners were not until recently in a position to consider an application for a larger grant, but they are now making investigations in connection with the manager's representations as to the poverty of the district, in order to determine whether a grant in excess of two-thirds of the cost of the new buildings can be allowed in this case.