§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary if he can state at what time after the completion of the school year the Board of National Education (Ireland) order payment to those concerned of fees for the teaching of Irish and mathematics, the certificate for payment of such fees having been forwarded to the Education Office by the examining inspectors; have payments in all such cases been made in respect of the last school year; and, if not, will he take steps to have them made without avoidable delay?
§ Mr. RUSSELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that if the reports and certificates from the inspectors are satisfactory payment is made promptly after their receipt in the Education Office. Payments have been made for the past school year in all cases in which the regulations of the Commissioners have been fully complied with. In other cases some delay is unavoidable, but the fees if finally awarded will be remitted as soon as possible.