§ MR. J. P. FARRELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant 1081 of Ireland whether he is aware that at the recent inquiry into representations under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts in Granard Union two evicted tenants named John Farrell and John Heslin, both of Lisnanagh, county Longford, were refused cottages mainly because they were evicted tenants; whether he is aware that there is a scarcity of labourers in the portion of the county in which they applied, and that for nearly seven miles the country round Lisnanagh is a grazing plain on which there are but few dwellings; and will he call for an explanation from the inspector of his reasons for advising the rejection of these men's representations.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe inspector who held the inquiry reported that three cottages had already been erected under the Labourers' Acts in the townland of Lisnanagh, and that there were also in the locality six or seven other houses, two of which were unoccupied and fit for human habitation. Under these circumstances there was no case for erecting these cottages.
§ MR. J. P. FARRELLDid the inspector tell the right hon. Gentleman that the two houses in question were houses from which men had been evicted?
§ MR. WYNDHAMI do not think that is material to the question.