§ Mr. GINNELLasked whether, in connection with the complaints against the Board of National Education for Ireland, the Lord Lieutenant's attention has been directed to the failure of the majority of the Commissioners to attend board meetings; if the right hon. Gentleman will say how many Commissioners there now are and how many attended each board meeting in the present year; and, if the Lord Lieutenant will not act motu proprio, whether he will move him to dispense with the service of Commissioners who discharge none of the duties of their office?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member appears to be under a misapprehension. There are twenty Commissioners, and, although many of them live at a distance from Dublin, there is an average attendance of three-fourths of the board at its meetings.
§ Mr. GINNELLCan the numbers be stated?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI said three-fourths is the average attendance of Commissioners.