§ MR. REDDYOn behalf of the hon. Member for East Galway, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that upon last November the tenants on Mr. O'Hara Tranche's property at New Inn, county Galway, entered into negotiations with the owner for the purchase of their holdings, together with 1183 some untenanted land, that the price had been agreed to, and that in consequence of the tenants refusing to give up their game rights Mr. O'Hara Trenche sold portions of the estate, upon which seven tenants are living, to Lord Ash-town, and that Mr. Mahon, the agent, now threatens the remainder of the tenants that if they do not accept the landlord's terms they shall also be sold over to Lord Ashtown; and, if so, will he say what steps he intends to take to prevent tenants from being subjected to such compulsion.
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo proceedings for the sale of this estate have come before the Estates Commissioners, who have therefore no means of knowing whether the facts are as stated.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have no power to do that.