§ Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary if he will state the number and amount of university scholarships granted by each county and borough council in Ireland this year, specifying in each case the university or college in which they are tenable?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe latest information available on this subject is contained in the Local Taxation (Ireland) Returns for 1913–14 [Cd. 7806] which set out at pages 5 and 7 the expenses of county and borough councils under the Irish Universities Act, 1908. The major part of this expenditure consists of payments in respect of university scholarships, but its precise allocation could be ascertained only after communication with the thirty-nine councils.