§ Mr. PATRICK MEEHANasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that the female National school at Wolfhill, Queen's County, has been closed for a considerable time, causing loss and inconvenience to both parents and children in the district; whether he is aware that the children have at present to travel from two to six miles to attend school, and that., prior to the closing of Wolfhill school, there was an average attendance of sixty-five pupils on the roll; and, seeing that the same number of pupils are available now if the school was reopened, whether it was intended to reopen the school with qualified teachers; and, if so, when would the school be reopened?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIn consequence of a dispute concerning the occupation of a farm by the husband of the teacher of this school the average attendance of pupils gradually declined from thirty-six in 1908 until there were no pupils attending the school. The Commissioners of National Education withdrew the grants from the 30th June, 1910. An application has now been received from the manager for the restoration of the grants to the school under a new teacher, and the matter will be considered by the Commissioners as soon as possible.