§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland what effect had been given by the Board of Works to the Public Works Loans Act of last Session in requiring landlords to make good moneys lent by the State to tenants for improving their holdings, which holdings had since passed by eviction into the landlords' hands?
§ MR. MADDENI have made inquiry into the subject, and I am informed that since the passing of the Act referred to only two cases have been before the Board, and those cases are still under consideration.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYWill the Board of Works allow the Act to remain a dead letter, or will they compel the landlords to disgorge?
§ MR. MADDENI have no doubt that the attention of the Board will be directed to the question of the hon. and learned Gentleman; but I have no further information to give as to the application of the Act.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to give notice that I will move for a Return of the number of cases in which loans to tenants have been lost to the State by the action of the landlords during the last 10 years. Until the Board of Works gives that Return I will return to the question again and again.