MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury who are the persons responsible for preventing advantage being taken of the offer of the Board of Works towards the new road between Chapelizod and the strawberry beds, which they have made with a view to save traffic and repairs to the Phœnix Park Road; is he aware that all the market gardeners who use the park route are strongly in favour of the Board of Works terms being accepted; will he inquire whether any of the opponents of the road are in enjoyment of privileges for traffic through the park; and will the Board of Works continue these privileges if they find that the persons enjoying them are those who block the opening of a public road; and in view of the fact that the new road is already partly completed for private use, can the Board of Works bring any pressure to bear to remove the obstacles offered to the completion of it as a public highway?
§ SIR JOHN HIBBERTAt the late Presentment Sessions in Blanchardstown certain parties who alleged that their property would have been affected by the proposed new road, and some of whom are permitted to pass carts through the Phœnix Park, tendered legal objections to the application, founded on defects of procedure. In consequence of these defects the parties making the application withdrew it. At the present juncture I should prefer to mention no names. Judging from what appeared in the public Press, the project was supported by the people of the locality, as shown by the subscriptions collected. There has been no withdrawal of the passes to the parties mentioned, but the passes are necessarily provisional and 1379 carry no rights. The Board are considering what steps, if any, can be taken, at the forthcoming meeting of the Grand Jury at Easter to assist the local parties, as the application at Presentment Sessions cannot be renewed for 12 months.