§ MR. CHARLES DEVLIN (Galway)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Estates Commissioners are negotiating with the view of purchasing some eleven farms of four to five acres of land each in the townland of Mincloon, Galway, at the request of the tenants on the same, which purchase will include a grazing portion of some forty acres adjoining and belonging to the same landlord; whether the uneconomic holdings will be enlarged by reason of this purchase; whether attempts are now being made to deprive the tenants of a portion of the seaweed which heretofore they have been allowed to use; and, if so, will he give such instructions as will protect the interests of the tenants in this matter.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I understand from the hon. Member that the estate referred to is the property of the Alliance Assurance Company. The Estates Commissioners inform me that they are unable to trace any proceedings before them in reference to that estate.