§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners has been drawn to the claims of Miss Lloyd, who was evicted in 1894 from her farm at Borrisnoe, on the estate of G. A. Medlin; is he aware that this farm was taken by one John Hodgins, and is at present in occupation of his son; does this man hold under a yearly tenancy or otherwise; is Hodgins or his herd, Denis Connolly, at present under police protection; and what steps have been taken, if any, towards effecting the reinstatement of the evicted tenant.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received an application for reinstatement, as evicted tenant, from Miss Catherine Lloyd. The farm in question is stated to be in the occupation of Mr. John Hodgins, junior, but the Commissioners are not aware of the terms of the tenancy. Mr. Hodgins' caretaker, Denis Connolly, is in receipt of police protection. Miss Lloyd is stated to be in the occupation of another holding in the neighbourhood, but the Commissioners will have her application inquired into by an inspector in due course.