§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Chief Secretary whether any request has yet been addressed to the Treasury asking for a grant sufficient to cover one-half of the cost of heating and cleaning primary schools in Ireland on the condition that the other half is provided by the managers concerned; and whether further delay is calculated to continue the present hardship on many scholars during another winter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI cannot at present add anything to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Ex- 323W chequer to a question asked by the hon. Member on the 16th instant, but I hope soon to be in a position to do so.