§ Mr. BOLANDasked when the fees payable to extern teachers of Irish for work done during the year 1907–8 will be paid?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAs I stated in reply to a question asked by the hon. Member for West Donegal on the 5th instant, the Commissioners of National Education have received Treasury authority for allowing either full orpro rata payment of fees for the past school year for Irish and mathematics in all cases where not less than 40 hours' instruction was given in each of these extra branches, commencing not later than 1st January, 1908, and where all other essential conditions were fulfilled. The Commissioners inform me that fees have now been paid in practically all such cases, but a few are still held over for necessary inquiries.