HC Deb 23 April 1917 vol 92 cc2067-8W
Mr. KENNEDY

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has received a resolution from the Belturbet Urban District Council asking that an equivalent Grant should be made to Ireland in respect of Irish primary education on the basis of the proposed £6,000,000 Grant about to be devoted to English education; and what practical results may be hoped for as a result of this and other somewhat similar resolutions?

Mr. DUKE

I have received several resolutions, but not one from the Belturbet Urban District Council. I am communicating with the various educational authorities in Ireland in order to formulate proposals for securing, in connection with Irish education, advantages equivalent to any which may be granted for this country under the scheme explained by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Education.