§ MR. D. MACALEESE (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(1) if he is aware that Patrick M'Quaide, of Gola county Monaghan, but at present a prisoner in Dundalk Gaol, on the committal order of Judge Boyd for contempt of court, was evicted from his holding on the estate of Percy Burrell, a minor, for an arrear of rent amounting to £20; (2) is he also aware that M'Quaide, in December last, proposed to pay £15 of this arrear, and asked to be restored to his farm at a reduced rent; and that the Burrell estate is now in process of sale to the tenants thereon; and (3) will he take care that M'Quaide's right to purchase, as an evicted tenant, be not prejudiced by the proceeding which led to the man's imprisonment?
§ MR. GERALD BALFOURI have no information either as to the amount of the arrears of rent due by this man, or as to the amount offered by him in satisfaction for payment of the arrears. I believe the estate is for sale in the Land Judges Court, though no undertakings to purchase their holdings have been received from the tenants in accordance with the rules of the Land Commission. I can give no undertaking such as suggested in the last paragraph.