THE LAND PURCHASE BILL.

HC Deb 05 June 1891 vol 353 c1727

MR. M. HEALY

I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland if he will state in what cases it is proposed that the Land Commission should purchase holding's under Section 18 of the Land Purchase Bill; and whether any express enactment is necessary to enable holdings to be so purchased?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN,) Dublin University

The Bill will enable the Land Commission to purchase holdings. The sub-section appears to me sufficient to carry out the provisions of the Bill.

MR. M. HEALY

Is it only intended that the Land Commission shall purchase where the case is a compulsory sale?

MR. MADDEN

They can purchase where the sale is compulsory.