§ Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary whether his attention had been called to applications made on several occasions during the past eight years by the manager of the national schools in the parish of Caherconlish, county Limerick, for a grant towards the building of a school in the village of Caherconlish which would be central for the children of the whole parish; whether he is aware that the Kilmurry school, which is within the parish, was closed three years ago and the annual grant withdrawn on account of its dilapidated state; that the two small schools now in the district, viz., Caherconlish and Inch St. Laurence, are in a very bad state of repair and without proper accommodation for children; and whether senior and district inspectors have time after time reported the urgent necessity that exists for a new school in Caherconlish; and if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, steps will be taken to have the grant sought for given, and thus provide the necessary accommodation for the well-being of the children of these districts?
§ Mr. BIRRELLProposals for the erection of a new schoolhouse to replace those at Caherconlish, Inch St. Laurence, and Kilmurry, have been before the Commissioners of National Education for some years. It was not, however, until May, 1910, that the solicitor to the Commissioners was in a position to report that the title to the site might be accepted. The case is included in the list of applications requiring immediate attention, which was submitted to the Treasury in December last, but the Commissioners have not indicated that the case is more urgent than many others, and I cannot therefore take any special steps with regard to it.