§ MR. DOLAN (Leitrim, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that in cases where the rental of an estate has been diminished charges payable to the church property branch of the Irish Land Commission have remained unaltered; will he state the basis on which these charges are assessed; and will he have inquiry made into this matter, with a view to having tithe rent charges and similar charges diminished in the same proportion as the rental.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The hon. Member appears to be under a misapprehension. Under the Tithe Rent Charge (Ireland) Act, 1900, Sections 2 and 3, the tithe rent charge in any county is varied proportionately to the variation between the former rents and the rents fixed by the Land Court in the county. Under Section 90 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, perpetuity rents payable to the church property branch of the Irish Land Commission are similarly varied.