asked the Minister for Education the total number of additional scholarships available to secondary schools from primary schools under local authority schemes in each of the years 1957-58 to the most recent date for which figures are available.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Local Authority Scholarship Schemes.
123.
I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the information requested.
Following is the statement:
THE total number of additional scholarships available to secondary schools from primary schools in each of the school-years 1957-58 to 1962-63 was as follows:—
|
Year |
Number awarded |
Additional number |
|
1956-7 |
572 |
— |
|
1957-8 |
583 |
11 |
|
1958-9 |
600 |
17 |
|
1959-60 |
619 |
19 |
|
1960-61 |
621 |
2 |
|
1961-62 |
1,735 |
1,114 |
|
1962-63 |
1,775 |
40 |
124.
asked the Minister for Education the average annual value of a local authority scholarship scheme to a secondary school.
The wording of the Deputy's question does not enable me to decide what is the nature of the information which he is seeking.