§ MR. FLAVINI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the number of tenants who have bought or agreed to buy their holdings in North Kerry; the number of applications made by evicted tenants for reinstatement in their holdings; how many evicted tenants have been reinstated since November 1st, 1903, by the landlords to their evicted farms; and how many evicted tenants have been reinstated by the Estates Commissioners to their holdings or equivalent ones since November 1st, 1903.
§ MR. WALTER LONGOne thousand six hundred and fifty-seven agreements for purchase have been lodged, and in fifty-seven of these cases advances have been made. Four hundred and twenty-four applications for reinstatement have been received, but, of these, ten are outside the operation of the Act. Nineteen of the applicants have been, or are in process of being reinstated by the landlords. None have yet been reinstated by the Commissioners.
§ MR. FLAVINCan the right hon. Gentleman give the names of any evicted tenants who are going through the process of reinstatement?
§ MR. WALTER LONGOf course not.
§ MR. FLAVINCan the right hon. Gentleman say why the landlords refuse to reinstate evicted tenants?
§ MR. WALTER LONGObviously I cannot without inquiry.