§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland whether an application for reinstatement has been received from Thomas Flanagan, Clonaghadoe, who was evicted from a farm on the Adair estate, near Mountmellick, in 1884; and whether, as the estate has since been sold to the tenants, and Flanagan's farm is in the occupation of a planter, he can say what steps the Estates Commissioners propose to take in this case.
MR. BRYCEI am informed by the Estates Commissioners that the reply to the first inquiry is in the affirmative. The Commissioners have ascertained that portion of the estate in question was sold to the tenants under the Land Purchase Acts some ten years ago, and that the owner retained certain untenanted lands in her own possession. On being approached with a view to the settlement of Flanagan's case, the owner's agent informed the Commissioners that she was not prepared to take the action requested.