§ MR. KILBRIDE (Kildare, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application for reinstatement from Pat Fahy (Frank), who was evicted on the Clanricarde estate in 1886; whether the Estates Commissioners have made inquiry as to how the evicted farm is now held; and whether the present holder is willing to take compensation and sell to the Estates Commissioners, or what provision they intend to make for Fahy.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received from Patrick Fahy an application for reinstatement as evicted tenant. The application states that his former holding is in the occupation of another tenant. The Commissioners will have inquiry made into the case in due course. They are not aware whether the present tenant is willing to accept compensation for the surrender of the holding, but if Fahy cannot be reinstated in that holding the Commissioners will consider his case in connection with the distribution of untenanted land which they may acquire for the purpose.