§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the First Commissioner of Works, To whom the fees for chairs in the parks go to; whether anything is paid for the privilege of letting these chairs; whether he is aware that many persons, not knowing that there is a fee to occupy them, sit upon them, and are then pounced upon for a fee; and, whether he will consider if it would not be desirable to provide chairs, and to allow the public to occupy them without fees?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)The fees for the chairs in the Parks go to the owners of the chairs. Nothing is paid for the privilege of letting the chairs. We do supply a certain number of additional seats in the Parks every year, for which money is voted; but to provide chairs gratuitously to the extent now done by private enterprise in the Parks would cost several thousand pounds, and that would involve Treasury sanction, which I do not think I should obtain?