§ MR. O'SHEE (Waterford, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in reference to how many estates inquiries have been made under Section 96 of the Land Act of 1903 with respect to accommodation for labourers; how many schemes have been framed, or are about to be framed, by 947 the Land Commission providing therefor; how many of such schemes have been forwarded to the Local Government Board and the rural district councils; what are the names of the estates and the counties dealt with in such schemes; and whether the Estates Commissioners will consider the desirability of having inquiries made from the labourers themselves, as well as from other persons on each estate inspected.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) The number of estates inspected and reported on to the present date is 365; 250 of these have been before the Estates Commissioners for their consideration and ruling, but the remainder have not yet reached that stage. Schemes have been framed in the case of ten estates, and representations in respect of them will be forwarded in due course to the Local Government Board and rural district councils concerned. The ten estates referred to are as follows:—
The inspectors are instructed to make their inquiries locally and of all such persons as they may consider to be in a position to enable them to form an opinion.
- Perrin-Hatchell, county Wexford.
- Sir G. Morris, county Galway.
- Earl FitzWilliam, county Wicklow.
- W. H. Sinclair, county Tyrone.
- M. J. Sullivan, county Kilkenny.
- J. C. Wood, county Cork
- E. S. Parke, county Waterford.
- G. P. Colley, county Kildare.
- H. V. Brooke, county Down.
- W. C. Moore, county Wexford.