§ MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that it is now about twelve months since the Congested Districts Board acquired the De Freyne Estate for the purpose of transferring it to the tenant occupiers; whether any progress has been made with the work; and, pending the transfer, what facilities are given to the tenants in the matter of turbary and water.
MR. BRYCEThe estate in question has not yet been vested in the Congested Districts Board, who are therefore not yet able to sell it to the tenants or to make any alterations in the holdings. It is a very large estate, and many questions are involved, requiring time. The Board, however, have commenced to make such improvements as will not in- 740 terfere with the boundaries of the holdings. The tenants continue to enjoy the same facilities in regard to turbary and water as they possessed before the Board arranged to purchase.