§ Major O'NEILLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the grant of £10 per annum in lieu of local aid made to certain head teachers in Irish model schools is a first charge on the total amount of school fees paid by pupils in model schools; whether the effect of this practice is to penalise those who do not receive the grant in favour of those who do; and whether there are any other schools besides model schools, where the fees paid by pupils in one school go to benefit the teachers in other schools?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that under the Regulations for the distribution of the school fees collected in model schools as sanctioned by the Treasury, the provision of £10 in lieu of local aid for each principal teacher of a model school appointed as such between 1st April, 1900, and 31st December, 1917, is a first charge on the total amount of school fees collected in all model schools. The Commissioners are not aware of any other schools except model schools, where the fees collected from pupils in one school may be utilised for the benefit of teachers in another school.