§ Mr. DEVLINasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in the Estimates of last year, a sum of £50,000 was apportioned to Ireland as her equivalent of the increased Grants for education in England, Wales, and Scotland; whether this Grant was equivalent and would fluctuate with the corresponding Grants to English, Welsh, and Scottish secondary education; whether, calculated on the eighty, eleven, nine basis, Ireland should receive £90,000 for education in this year's Estimates, and. if so, whether he will take steps to have this Grant inserted on the Estimates for Irish secondary education this year?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer to the reply given to a question on the subject by the hon. Member for Belfast University on the 15th inst., to which there is nothing at present to add, except that the Drafting Committee is busily engaged in preparing the form of the proposed Bill dealing with education in Ireland. Administrative action, grounded on the proposals in the reports is not considered desirable pending the introduction of legislation.