HC Deb 25 May 1905 vol 146 cc1408-9
MR. FLAVIN

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what action, if any, the Estates Commissioners have taken in connection with the application of cottiers and sub-tenants on Lord Listowel's Estate at Pilgrim Hill, North Kerry, to have their holdings enlarged; whether, seeing that tenants in the district have held grazing tracts of land, he will say what steps the Estates Commissioners have taken to divide those grazing lands amongst the smaller tenants who have uneconomic holdings.

MR. WALTER LONG

The agreements for purchase have been lodged, and the matter will shortly be ready for inspection. Application has been made by cottier tenants at Pilgrim Hill North to have their holdings enlarged, and the question will be considered in due course.

MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)

Will the Estates Commissioners inquire into this particular matter? It is the case I alluded to recently in which the agreement made between landlord and tenant was for the same number of years purchase as in the agreement between the landlord and the Estates Commissioners.

MR. WALTER LONG

I know nothing about the facts, but no doubt they will be inquired into by the Estates Commissioners.