§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have yet made provision for Thomas Flanagan, Clonag-hadoe, an evicted tenant upon the estate of Mrs. Adair, Mountmellick, Queen's County, the remaining portion of which is now before them for sale; can he say whether the Estates Commissioners are prepared to sell Flanagan's farm to the planter who has come into occupation since 1901; and, if so, how they propose to deal with the evicted tenant's claims.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I informed the hon. Member on May 17th that the Estates Commissioners had referred Mr. Flanagan's application to one of their inspectors for inquiry. His Report has not yet been received, and in the meantime 484 the Commissioners are unable to come to a decision in the case.