Payable Order for £1,350 to St. Patrick’s Training College.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from L. O Muirthe, Dept. of Education, informing him that the Minister for Defence is permitting the re-occupation of Colaiste Einde, Galway, from 1August 1945.
Letters to +McQuaid relating to Payable Orders to Our Lady of Mercy Training College and St. Patrick’s Training College, Drumcondra.
Copy of a letter sent to + Byrne regarding the circumstances in which grants were made to the Colleges.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from P. [O Muiriesrtigh] enclosing a copy of the Panel for the Diocese of Dublin.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from L. O Muirthe enclosing a copy of the revised Rule 55 (1) regarding the closure of National Schools for the summer in large centers of population.
Correspondence relating to the National School teachers’ strike. The Minister made it clear to the teachers that the new scales would not come into force until after the Emergency or the lapse of the Wages Standstill Order. The scales represented the maximum sum which the Government considered that taxation could provide.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from T. O Deirg informing him of decisions reached regarding the new scales of salaries for National Teachers, the closing of many Dublin schools from March to October, and matters affecting the average attendance at National Schools.
Typed letter to +McQuaid from T. O Deirg. The Government is of one mind with the Archbishop in desiring that there should be no unnecessary hardship for teachers relating to the memorandum.
Correspondence between T. O Deirg, Minister for Education, and +McQuaid. Due to the prolonged interruption of school work in 1946 pupils in the Dublin City area suffered educational loss. The Minister suggests that evening classes be provided to certain pupils to make up for this loss. +McQuaid considered that the scheme could do some good, under certain conditions.