§ MR. DELANY (Queen's County, Ossory)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners are prepared to sanction the sale of an evicted farm to a planter on the estate of Mrs. Adair, near Mountmellick, in view of the fact that he is a future tenant and came into occupation since 1902, and that the evicted tenant, Thomas Flanagan, remains in the locality and claims the farm.
§ MR. DELANYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether steps will be taken by the Estates Commissioners to reinstate or provide a holding for Thomas Flanagan, Clonaghadoo, Queen's County, on the estate of Mrs. Adair, near Mountmellick, before sanctioning the sale of the eight holdings now before them for sale, in view of the fact that one of those is Flanagan's farm, which has been in the occupation of a planter since 1902.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have referred Mr. Flanagan's application to one of their inspectors for inquiry, and until the inspector's report has been received and considered they are unable to state what their decision may be, either in the case of the evicted tenant or in the matter of sanctioning the existing proceedings for sale.