HC Deb 20 February 1906 vol 152 cc214-5
MR. GINNELL

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that Colonel Smythe, of Collinstown, West Meath, has offered to sell his estate to his tenants, and that the attempted sale has failed owing to his refusing to reinstate two evicted tenants, both of whose farms, are still uutenanted; and whether the Estates Commissioners have approached or will approach this owner in accordance with Section 4 of the Regulations now in force.

(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners have had this case under consideration, and are making inquiries into it.