§ MR. MURPHYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the intention of the Estates Commissioners to take any steps in reference to the reinstatement of evicted tenants in county Kerry until such time as the entire estates from which they were evicted come before them for sale; whether he is aware that such procedure will entail in many cases years of delay to the evicted tenants; and whether, under these circumstances, he will give directions to the Estates Commissioners to open negotiations with the landlords and others for the reinstatement of evicted tenants, and report the result of such negotiations in due course.
§ MR. WALTER LONGUnder Section 2 of the Act of 1903, the restoration of evicted tenants is ancillary to the sale of an estate and an incident in its disposal. The practice regulating the reinstatement of such tenants was explained in the recent debates on the subject; and in the regulations which it is intended to lay on the Table the matter will be further dealt with.