§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mrs. Elizabeth Rourke has applied to the Estates Commissioners to be restored to the farm from which her uncle John Redmond, since deceased, and herself were evicted some sixteen years ago; whether the farm, which is part of the Hardy estate and situate in the town-land of Kilmacart, Hacketstown, is in the possession of any other tenant; and, if so, on what terms; and can he say what decision, if any, the Commissioners have come to in reference to Mrs. Rourke's case.
(answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that an application for reinstatement as an evicted tenant was, on April 25th, 1906, lodged with them by Mrs. Elizabeth Rourke, who states that the holding in which she seeks to be reinstated is now in the occupation of Mrs. Neil. The Commissioners have not yet inquired into the case, but will do so in due course.