§ MR. T. D. SULLIVANOn behalf of the hon. and learned Member for North Louth (Mr. T. M. HEALY), I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury (1) whether the Dublin Police authorities are now willing that certain cycle competitions should again be allowed in Phœnix Park; (2) whether the Board of Works were aware, when they forbade cycle races in the park, of the powers given to the police as to the park roads by the 28th Section of the Dublin Carriage Act; and (3) what is the present attitude of the Board of Works in the matter.
THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. R, W. HANBURY,) PrestonI recently arranged that the Irish Board of Works should confer with the Chief Commissioner of Police on this subject, and I have just heard that they have arranged the conditions under which the Irish Cyclists' Association may be allowed to hold the Senior and Junior Inter-Club races and the 50 miles championship. The answer to the second paragraph is Yes. The suggestion that the grant of permission to hold the races should be discontinued came from the Commissioner of Police two years ago. The Board at the time called his attention to the Act, but I have no information as to the reasons why he then refused to exercise his powers under it. If he had not so refused, the question might have been settled a couple of years ago.