HC Deb 14 February 1917 vol 90 cc635-6W
Mr. O'SHEE

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the resolution passed by the national teachers' associations in Ireland, declaring that since the adoption in Ireland of Greenwich time they have found from experience that more children than formerly are daily marked absent; and whether he will recommend the Commissioners of National Education to fix the time for the completion of the roll-call in national schools at 11 a.m. as formerly,

Mr. DUKE

Resolutions on the subject referred to have been received from various teachers' associations, and the matter is at present engaging the attention of the Commissioners of National Education.