§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary whether, in view of the fact that the Intermediate Board has no control over history courses in primary schools, steps will be taken to secure that in the next set of rules issued by the Intermediate Board the outlines at least of early Irish history shall form part of the junior grade course, with a view to seeing that pupils presenting themselves for examination in the intermediate will have been grounded in the most important part of Irish history, and not be confined, as at present, to the last four centuries of the Christian era?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Board of Intermediate Education are not in a position to say what action will be taken by them when framing the Programme of Examination for 1914 in regard to the teaching of early Irish history. They are alive to its importance.