§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant 857 of Ireland whether he is aware that the O'Conor (Floghena) Estate, situated near Charlestown, county Mayo, has recently been sold to the tenants under the Act of 1903; and whether, as no provision has been made for the reinstatement of the orphans of the late Thomas Durkan, evicted tenant, the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board will, in view of the circumstances surrounding this case, be instructed to provide for these orphans a farm equivalent in value to that from which their parents were evicted.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Proceedings for the sale of this estate have recently been instituted before the Estates Commissioners, who will, in due course, consider an application for reinstatement which they have received from Thomas Durkan's representative. If reinstatement is found impossible, the question of providing another holding will be considered.