§ MR. MEAGHER (Kilkenny, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state if the tenant who is at present in occupation of the holding of the late Mrs. Kate Sexton, of Holdenstown, county Kilkenny, is a permanent tenant; if so, what steps, if airy, have been taken by the Estates Commissioners to restore the representatives of Mrs. Sexton to an equivalent holding.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have no knowledge as to the tenure upon which the evicted farm in question is held by the present tenant. Miss Celia Sexton, sister-in-law of Mrs. Kate Sexton, has lodged an application for the evicted farm, and the Commissioners have had the case inquired into by one of their inspectors. They have not, however, yet ruled upon the application.