§ Mr. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application from Edmond Feehan, of Ballingarry, in the county of Tipperary, for reinstatement in his holding of 60 acres situate at Garroncilla, Gortnahoe, near Thurles, on the Jones estate, and from which he was evicted in the year 1884 for non-payment of a rack-rent; whether he is aware that the agent, Peter Fitzgerald, of Adare, in the county of Limerick, recently let the lands to graziers; and what action the Commissioners propose to take in the circumstances?
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(Answered, by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received from Edmond Feehan an application for reinstatement, and have referred it to one of their inspectors for inquiry and report. The Commissioners have no present knowledge of the facts, and cannot say what action they may take until they have received and considered the inspector's report.
† See (4) Debates, clxvi., 941–945.