§ MR. M. J. KENNY (Tyrone, Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he will give a Return showing the number of clubs, with their names and where situate, in Dublin; the membership fees of each; the increase in the number, if any, since the. Select Committee sat on the Sunday Closing (Ireland) Acts in 1888; the Sunday and week - day hours of opening and closing of such clubs; and the regulations of each club, if any, which govern the admission of non-members?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURApart from the better class social clubs in Dublin, and the boating and yachting, clubs in its vicinity, there are in, Dublin 21, clubs, and these, with; three exceptions, are used by the artisan and labouring classes. Of these 21 clubs, seven have been established since 1888. The details desired by the hon. Member are rather voluminous to give in the form of a reply to a question, but I shall be happy to hand 1379 him a copy of the Return furnished by the Commissioner of Police on the subject.