§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it is proposed to affiliate the Mater Infirmorum Hospital (Belfast) to the new Belfast University; and, if so, are its teachers and teaching to be recognised; and will the members of its medical staff be admitted upon the examining board of the University?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIt is not proposed to affiliate the Mater Infirmorum Hospital to the Queen's University. It is proposed by the medical faculty that the hospital should be recognised as a place for clinical teaching, as it was by the old Queen's College, but this is subject to the approval of the Senate. The appointment of examiners is for the Senate, upon the recommendation of the Academic Council. I have no means of knowing how far the medical staff of this or any other hospital will be recognised by the Senate.