ME. DEEANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he can state the number of evicted tenants in Queen's County who have been restored to their own or other holdings under the operation of the Act of 1903, and also how many remain unprovided for; and what steps are being taken by the Estate Commissioners to reinstate the latter or provide them with equivalent farms.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received applications from 187 persons claiming to have been evicted from holdings in the Queen's County. Of these thirty-nine have been reinstated by the Commissioners, and they have information of four reinstated by landlords, leaving 144 such cases still outstanding. The Commissioners hope shortly to make inquiries as to these latter cases, and no pains will be spared to deal with the matter.