§ Mr. O'DONNELLasked the Chief Secretary how many teachers who taught Irish and mathematics as extra subjects during the year ended June, 1912, have not yet been paid; and will he state what is the cause of this delay in making those payments?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that there are 239 schools in which the fees for Irish have not yet been received by the2496W teachers, but in a considerable number of these cases the fees are in process of payment, and will be remitted at an early date. The precise number of teachers to whom payments for Irish and mathematics have not yet been made could not be given without a minute examination of the reports and registers which would take a considerable time. There are twenty-eight schools in which the fees for mathematics have not yet been received by the teachers. The delay in payment in the majority of these cases arises from non-observance of the Board's regulations, or from questions raised as to the qualifications of the teachers which involve considerable and often prolonged correspondence with inspectors, managers, and others.