§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary whether Pension Rule 4 (1) (page 156, Commissioners Rules, 1910–11), in reference to Irish National school teachers, not being an assistant teacher appointed on or after the 1st January, 1886, etc., applies in the case of teachers appointed before that date; if not, will he say why certain teachers who entered the service as far back as 1875 and down to 1885 are dealt with under the rule set out above; are these teachers refused higher grade pensions; and, if so, will he explain the reasons for the same?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hobhouse)Pension Rule 4 (1) applies to all teachers appointed before the 1st January, 1886, and such teachers are not refused higher grade pensions provided they are promoted to the higher grade before the age of sixty in the case of men, and fifty-five in the case of women.