Mr. HORNIERasked the Chief Secretary if he will state from the last Returns the number of Roman Catholic clerical and lay headmasters, respectively, in intermediate schools in Ireland; the number of Roman Catholic clerical and lay assistant masters, respectively, in these schools; the number of Protestant clerical and lay headmasters, respectively; the number of Protestant clerical and lay assistant masters, respectively; the number of Roman. Catholic head mistresses and assistant mistresses, respectively, in these schools who are members of religious orders; the number of Roman Catholic head mistresses and assistant mistresses, respectively, who are not members of religious orders; and the number of Protestant head mistresses and assistant mistresses, respectively, in these schools?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe number of secondary schools in connection with the Inter-mediate Education Board for Ireland during the school year 1912–13 was 337. Of these the management was as follows:—
Roman Catholic. Nuns … … 71 Brothers or Monks … … 79 Other Clergymen … … 53 Lay men … … 7 Lay women … … 1 Total … … 211
Protestant. Clergymen. … … … 13 Lay men … … … 59 Lay women … … … 54 Total … … … 126 The Commissioners of Intermediate Education have no information as to the religion of lay assistant teachers; nor as to their numbers for the last three years. A Return compiled in 1909–10 showed that 1506W the approximate number of clerical and lay assistant teachers was as follows:—
Lay Assistant Teachers Regularly Employed. Women. Men. Catholic Sch'ls. Protestant Sch'ls. Total. Catholic Sch'ls. Protestant Sch'ls. Total. Gross Total 75 328 403 293 249 542 945
Clerical Assistant Teachers Regularly Employed. Nuns. Men. Total. 435 371 806
Assistant Teachers Occasionally Employed (Lay). Women. Men. Catholic Sch'ls. Protestant Sch'ls. Total. Catholic Sch'ls. Protestant Sch'ls. Total. Gross Total 86 102 188 123 82 205 393
Clerical Assistant Teachers Occasionally Employed. Nuns. Men. Total. 22 18 40