§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application from the evicted tenant John O'Driscoll, on the Hegarty Estate, Coolcogher, Banteer, county Cork, to be reinstated on his holding, which is now untenanted; whether the Estates Commissioners are aware that the landlady has assigned the said holding to her son J. J. Hegarty; and, if so, what steps the Commissioners propose to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) An application has been received from John O'Driscoll, claiming reinstatement as the representative of T. D. O'Driscoll. The Commissioners have made inquiries and have been informed that T. D. O'Driscoll was not an evicted tenant, but that he surrendered the holding for a monetary consideration, and that the owner's husband expended over £3,000 on the holding on resuming possession.