§ MR. GINNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state what practical steps the Estates Commissioners have taken during the last three years, with the dates of such steps, if any, for the purpose of having Edward Fagan, a Westmeath evicted tenant, reinstated or provided with a new holding; and can the Commissioners now say when Mr. Fagan may expect to benefit by the legislation of 1903.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that they have received from Edward Fagan two applications for reinstatement, one referring to a holding on Edward Taaffe's estate, and the other to a holding on Elizabeth Carroll's estate. In the former case the Commissioners ascertained that Fagan was not evicted from the holding. He became a bankrupt, and his interest was sold by the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. Taaffe being the purchaser. The Commissioners, therefore, decided that they could take no action in that case. The second application has not yet been inquired into, 619 but the Commissioners will have inquiry made as soon as possible.