§ 62. Mr. DILLONasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the registration council of secondary teachers in Ireland on the 13th October last sent in to the Lord Lieutenant, for his approval, a draft of their rules revised in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Government; that the council have not yet received the rules approved by the Lord Lieutenant nor even a formal acknowledgment of receipt of draft; that the whole work of the council has been held up for more than a year by delay in dealing with these rules; and what is the cause of the present delay in returning the rules?
§ Mr. DUKEThe regulations were submitted for approval on the 13th October. I regret there has been some delay in dealing with the matter. The regulations deal with questions of a complicated nature which require careful consideration owing to a difference as to the functions of the Intermediate Board and the council in the matter of keeping and controlling the register of intermediate teachers. The draft regulations are now before the Intermediate Board, and when their observations are received a decision will be given without any avoidable delay.