§ MR. SHEEHY (Meath, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Dunshaughlin District Council purchased an acre of land from a Mr. Kelly for the purpose of building a labourer's cottage on it; that since the cottage was built Mr. Kelly objected to the measurement, and claims to have a rood of the plot restored to him; that the council's surveyor has again measured the plot, and states that the same does not contain one foot more than the statute acre; and whether he proposes to take any steps to prevent the council giving back to Mr. Kelly any part of the land which they purchased from him with public money.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The rural district council purchased an acre of land in Mr. Kelly's occupation for a labourer's cottage. While the cottage was in course of erection, Mr. Kelly took exception to the manner in which the boundaries were being marked out, and claimed a readjustment of the plot. The claim was considered and recommended by a committee of the district council, and by its officers, and is now under the consideration of the Local Government Board, who have not yet arrived at a decision in the matter.