§ Mr. LARDNERasked what county councils in Ireland have propounded or are considering scholarship schemes under the Irish Universities Act; and which counties have struck a rate to provide for such scholarships?
§ Mr. BIRRELLProvision has been made in the Estimates of the following county councils for a rate under the Irish Universities Act, 1908:—Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, King's, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Queen's, Roscommon, Sligo, Tippcrary, North Riding, Tipperary South Riding, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, and County Boroughs of Dublin and Water-ford. In all these twenty-two cases schemes have been made or are being considered with the exception of Carlow, Leitrim, Queen's County, Sligo, Waterford, and Waterford County Borough.