§ Mr. HUGH BARRIEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the need of funds for the heating and cleansing of Irish national schools, the expectations encouraged by the Countess of Aberdeen and the Chief Secretary for 566W Ireland that these funds should be provided in the current financial year, the resolutions passed by the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church and other representative bodies asking managers to provide their half of the cost, and the action of many managers in providing funds in accordance with these resolutions, and in the expectation that the Treasury would supply their proportion, he can now say if the expected grant has been sanctioned?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe answer is in the negative.