§ Mr. J. JONESasked the President of the Board of Education whether he is 1219W aware that teachers engaged in secondary schools in this country who happen to have served some of their time in Irish schools are not allowed to count their Irish service in connection with the payment of their salaries; and as this decision is causing considerable difficulty to various education committees, is he prepared to reconsider the matter with a view to allowing service rendered in Ireland to count in the fixing of salaries of the teachers affected?
Mr. WOODThe Burnham Report permits the recognition of service in an Irish secondary school for salary purposes, where the local education authority are satisfied that the school reaches a standard of efficiency equivalent to that required of grant-earning secondary schools in England.