§ Mr. MULDOONasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture (Ireland) whether the Department will consider the advisability, in sanctioning schemes of technical scholarships, of following and adopting the principles and policy laid down for county councils in the 10th Section of the Irish Universities Act of 1908, namely, to grant scholarships only to those candidates who have need of such assistance?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELLThe Department's scheme of technical scholarships provides for competition amongst boys who during the preceding year have been in regular attendance at a primary school, an elementary evening school under the Commissioners of National Education, or the preparatory course in an evening technical school. The limitation of the field from which candidates are drawn, in the opinion of the Department, secures that only those who are in need of technical assistatnce become candidates for scholarships.