asked the Minister for Education if he will state (1) the total number of (a) lay teachers and (b) teachers in religion teaching in the national schools, and (2) the total number of principals of schools who are (a) lay and (b) members of religious orders.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National School Teachers.
In the school-year ended 30th June, 1957, there were 10,506 lay teachers and 2,891 teachers in religion on the normal staffs of national schools; 4,279 of the lay persons and 576 religious were principal teachers in the schools.