§ Mr. CULLINANasked the Chief Secretary if he will state the amounts actually spent out of the Development Grant for Irish education in the years 1904–5 to 1909–10, respectively; and the amount set down in the Estimates for the current financial year for the same purpose?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe amounts paid out of the Development Grant und spent by the Commissioners of National Education on public education in Ireland, in the years specified in this question, including payments made for national school buildings, were as follows:
1904–5 … … … £16,778 19 0 1905–6 … … … 36,264 12 1 1906–7 … … … 15,913 16 0 1907–8 … … … 60,629 0 3 1908–9 … … … 57,431 9 0 1909–10 … … … 4,182 5 8 The amount set down in the Estimate for this Grant for the current financial year for the same purpose is £4,576.
§ Mr. CULLINANasked the Chief Secretary if he will state of how many schools in Circuit 18 did the office of National Education receive annual inspection Returns since July, 1909; the number of schools in which the general work of proficiency was reduced by one step and two steps; and the numbers in which the marks were raised?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education consider that it would not be in the public interest to furnish the information asked for in this question.