§ Mr. GINNELLasked whether assistant teachers in national schools in Ireland, in whose favour a drop of ten below the prescribed average attendance of pupils is now allowed before salary is stopped, includes junior assistant mistresses?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe details of this matter have not yet been finally arranged, but the proposals of the Commissioners of National Education which are now before the Treasury contemplate a drop of five units in the case of junior assistant mistresses.