§ MR. LANEasked the Solicitor General for Ireland whether the Cork Grand Jury had given the Land Corporation £175 for the alleged malicious burning of some mud-built houses on the Ponsonby Estate, the amount to be levied off the parish of Clonpriest; whether he would inform the House why compensation was granted to this association and not to the owner of the property; was the house occupied at the time of the burning by emergency men and police; and did one of the policemen claim and receive a sum of £22 10s. from the Grand Jury fur money which he alleges he lost in the fire?
§ MR. MADDENI understand that the Cork Grand Jury have given the Land Corporation £175 for the burning of houses on the Ponsonby Estate, the amount to 376 be levied off the parish of Clonpriest, and that no compensation could be granted to the owner of the land, as he made no application. The Land Corporation were at the time in occupation of the houses in question. The house was occupied by police and emergency men at the time it was burned; one of the policemen claimed and received £22 10 from the Grand Jury for a watch and money which he lost in the fire.
§ MR. LANEWere the Land Corporation asked if they were the owners or tenants of the property or had any interest, and did they decline to answer?
§ MR. MADDENI have no reason to believe that there was anything illegal in the transaction.
§ MR COXIs the hon. and learned Gentleman aware of the extent to which the Land Corporation was interested in the matter.
§ MR. MADDENNo.