Captain CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary (1) when will the usual reports be presented to Parliament showing the details of the working and conditions of the National University and colleges thereof in respect of finance, students, teaching, and other matters; and (2) when will reports be presented to Parliament showing particulars of the proceedings of the Dublin Commissioners under the Irish Universities Act, 1908, also the proceedings of the senate of the National University and the governing bodies of the constituent colleges?
§ Mr. BIRRELL:I would refer the hon. Member to Section 7 (6) of the Irish Universities Act as to the time at which the annual accounts of the university and its constituent colleges are to be presented to Parliament. The presidents of the constituent colleges do not contemplate making any reports for presentation to Parliament beyond the statement of accounts mentioned in that Section. The Registrar of the National University informs me that the university authorities would not, in the ordinary course, issue any report 740W before the close of the academic year. A report of the proceedings of the Dublin Commissioners up to 15th May last has already been presented to Parliament and the Statutes made from time to time by the Commissioners have also been presented, as required by law. I am not in a position to say when any further report of the proceedings of the Commissioners is likely to be presented.