asked the Minister for Education if he will state the reason for the delay in inviting tenders for the erection of the boys' national school at Newport, Tipperary.

The Commissioners of Public Works have had the working drawings andspecification prepared for the proposed new boys' school at Newport, County Tipperary, and if the approval of the local authority for the scheme is forthcoming tenders will be invited without delay. Steps to obtain that approval are being taken.