asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries whether he received a copy of a resolution passed by the Galway Urban District Council requesting the establishment of a fishing school in the Galway urban area for the Claddagh fishermen, and, if so, what action it is intended to take in the matter.
CEISTEANNA.—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - FISHING SCHOOL IN GALWAY.
I have received a copy of the resolution referred to. Proposals for the establishment of a small number of preparatory schools along the lines of paragraph 229 of the Report of the Commission on Technical Education, for providing suitable education and training for boys likely to be engaged in the fishing industry, and for the appointment, as suggested in paragraph 231 of the same Report, of itinerant instructors to conduct short courses of instruction for part-time fishermen, are at present being examined by my Department and the Department of Education. In this connection the claims of the district referred to in the question have not been overlooked.