HC Deb 05 December 1906 vol 166 cc948-9
MR. MCVEIGH (Donegal, E.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been called to the case of John O'Gorman, who was evicted from his farm on the estate of Messrs. Campbell and Gledstane, near Convoy, county Donegal, in April 1898; is he aware that this farm is now in possession of a planter named Russell, who is willing to take compensation and give up the farm; and whether he will advise the Commissioners to send down an inspector to inquire into the whole matter, so that O'Gorman may be reinstated in his former holding.

The hon. Member had also given notice of the following Questions:—

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been called to the matter of Andrew Conaghan, who was evicted from his farm on the estate of Mr. Bustard, at Carricknashane, near Castle-fin, county Donegal, in May 1897; and, if so, whether they will send down an inspector to inquire into Conaghan's case, with a view to reinstating him in his farm before sanctioning the sale of the estate.

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been called to the case of John Monahan, who was evicted from his holding by the representatives of the Stokes Estate, near Raphoe, county Donegal, in 1885; the farm is now in possession of a planter named Farell, the estate having been sold to the tenants; and can he say whether an inspector will be sent down to inquire into the matter with a view to reinstating Monahan before the sale is completed.

MR. BRYCE

The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received an application for reinstatement from each of the evicted tenants named in these three Questions. The Commissioners intend to have the cases of these and other evicted tenants in county Donegal inquired into by an inspector as soon as possible. In the meantime, the Commissioners have no information as to the present occupiers of the evicted farms.