§ MR. KILBRIDEI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application for reinstatement from Mr. P. J. McLaughlin, an evicted tenant on the Butler Estate, near Castledermott, county Kildare; and, if so, whether the Estates Commissioners have communicated with the landlord, agent, or present occupier of Mr. McLaughlin's holding with a view to his reinstatement; and will he say what powers the Estates Commissioners possess to make compensation to occupiers in possession of evicted farms who are 249 willing to surrender in favour of the reinstatement of evicted tenants.
§ MR. WYNDHAMAn application has been received from this evicted tenant, who is stated to be at present in America. The application will be duly considered. In reply to the concluding query, I refer to my statement in answer to the Question on the 19th July, by the hon. Member for South Tipperary.†