§ Dr. O'DONOVANasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education when approval was given by his Department to plans for a new all-age school for 220 children in the parish of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge; when was his Department first approached on this matter; and whether there has been any undue delay?
§ Mr. RAMSBOTHAMSketch plans for the enlargement, in new buildings, of the Cambridge Union Road Roman Catholic school, which I presume is the school referred to, from 136 to 220 places were approved by the Board on 1st February, 1935. The period of publication of notice under Section 18 of the Education Act, 1921, of the proposed enlargement expired on 3rd June, 1933. The case presented great difficulties owing to the smallness of the site; and there were numerous 1468W letters and correspondence between the Board, the local education authority and the managers, and also between the secretary of the Catholic Education Council and myself.