§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin Co., N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the convict farm at Lusk, County Dublin, has been advertised to be sold by the General Prisons Board for Ireland; and, whe- 1111 ther this farm was, about 40 years ago, a common, to which the inhabitants of Rush and Lusk had rights, and was appropriated by the Government without any adequate notice or compensation to those inhabitants; and, if so, whether the Government will now take into consideration the justice and expediency of putting up the land in lots to suit small purchasers, and confining the bidding to the people of Rush and Lusk, thus acting on the policy of creating a peasant proprietary?
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)(who replied) said: The convict farm has been advertised for sale. The Government acquired this property by a special Act of Parliament (1856) (19 & 20 Vict. c. 24), provision being made for the satisfaction of all recognized claims and interests.
§ MR. CLANCYThe right hon. and gallant Gentleman has not answered the Question at all. He has not answered whether the Government will now take into consideration the justice and expediency of putting up the lands in lots to suit small purchasers and confining the bidding to the people of Rush and Lusk?
§ COLONEL KING-HARMANsaid, he believed the Government had no such intention.