HC Deb 15 February 1900 vol 79 cc100-1
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether any arrangements can be made to transfer to the Ennis Urban Council the right of levying the tolls from fairs and markets in the town of Ennis at present collected by a private individual.

MR. ATKINSON (for MR. G. W. BALFOUR)

Under Section 31 of the Local Government Act, 1898, the power conferred by the 104th section of the Public Health Act, 1878, upon an urban county authority to purchase a market shall extend to authorise the purchase of any franchise or right to hold a market or fair, whether under statute or letters patent.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

Will that be done at once?

MR. ATKINSON

I have nothing to add.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

Then what good is it?

[No answer was given.]