§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the total number of boards in Ireland exercising executive or other functions, whether wholly or partially under Government control, and the name of each.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALTER LONO,) Bristol, S.There are in all twelve such boards. The members of the Local Government Board, General Prisons Board, Board of National Education, Board of Intermediate Education, Board of Charitable Donations and Bequests, Loan Fund Board, and one-half the number of Commissioners of Endowed Schools are appointed and removable by the Crown. All these Departments, with three exceptions, are guided in the exercise of their statutory duties by Rules, Orders, or Schemes approved by the Lord-Lieutenant. The Congested Districts Board is regulated by the provisions of Section 34 of the Land Act, 1891; and the Boards of Agriculture and Technical Instruction are regulated by the 8th and 9th Sections of the Agriculture and Technical Instruction Act of 1899. The Board of Public Works is under the. Treasury, and the Board of Irish Lights under the Board of Trade.
§ MR. MACVEAGHThat is not a complete list surely! The right hon. Gentleman has forgotten about twenty three.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have given the hon. Member all the information I could collect.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)Yon have forgotten the most important of all—the Dublin Harbour Board.