§ Mr. THOMAS O'DONNELLasked what is the number of lay teachers employed in secondary schools in Ireland receiving grants from the Intermediate Board; what regulations have been made by the Board as to the training, qualification, salary, and pensions of those teachers; and the average salary paid to males and females?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of Intermediate Education, to whom I have180W referred the question, are not in position to state the actual number of lay teachers in intermediate schools, or the average salaries paid to male and female teachers, nor have they any power to make regulations with regard to the training, qualifications, salaries, or pensions of such teachers.