§ Mr. MOLESasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the cash and stocks in the Irish Teachers' Pension Fund now amounts to £2,500,000; whether, in view of the straitened circumstances in which these pensioners are trying to exist, he will accede to the memorial presented by them asking that out of this fund, to which they contributed, there shall be granted to them an allowance of £1 for each year of service to those who have less than £100 per year, and 15s. to those having £100 or over for every year of service since appointed under the National Board, as well as the return of premiums; and that this arrangement be brought into force from April, 1919, similarly to the English and Scottish schemes?
§ Sir H. GREENWOODI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on the682W 13th May by the Financial Secretary of the Treasury to the question on the subject asked by the hon. Member for the Victoria Division of Belfast (Mr. Donald).
§ Mr. MOLESasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the acute hardship which prevails amongst the ranks of pensioned teachers of national schools in Ireland, many of whom have no means of subsistence except their pensions, which average only £50 per annum; and whether, in view of the promises repeatedly given to revise the scale of pensions, he will see that steps are immediately taken to redeem the promises made, and thus alleviate the acute suffering entailed by the present state of affairs?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThis question was answered on the 25th of June and appears in the OFFICIAL REPORT of that date.