§ MR. DELANYOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Kerry, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Congested Districts Board would be willing to give up the farms recently taken by them at Cragg and Arderone, county Kerry, if the old tenants repaid the Board the amount paid for the farms; and whether, having regard to all the circumstances, he can advise the Board to adopt this course in the interests of all concerned.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe Congested Districts Board having purchased the farms for the purpose of migration and the enlargement of holdings cannot consent to dispose of them in the manner suggested. The ex-tenants being defaulting annuitants, it would be against public policy to reinstate them.