HC Deb 17 July 1907 vol 178 cc668-71
MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will ascertain and state, in respect of the three cases in which the Estates Commissioners' offer for estates in the Land Judge's Court has been refused and in respect of the eleven cases in which the Commissioners' offers are still pending, the names of the estates, the counties in which they are situate, and the dates of the offers.

Estate. County. Date of Proposal.
1. J. Golden Cork 15th February, 1905
2. J. W. Madden Mayo 18th July, 1906
3. H. Moore Kilkenny 15th October, 1906

Cases in which proposals by Estates Commissioners to purchase estates, under Section 7 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, are pending before the Land Judge:—
Estate. County. Dale or Proposal.
1. W. H. Parker Waterford 15th October, 1906*
2. H. F. Palmer Queen's 15th October, 1906†
3. Assignees of D. F. Leahy Cork 15th February, 1907 ‡
4. R. H. Barter Cork 5th April, 1907
5. C. D. O'Rorke Galway 25th April, 1907
6. William Bournes and another Mayo 27th March, 1907
7. P. J. Creeden Cork 1st May, 1907
8. A. S. Arthur Longford 2nd May, 1907
9. A. Studdert and others Tipperary 15th May, 1907
10. M. V. N. Bagot Roscommon 13th June, 1907
In the remaining case referred to in the Answer of 27th June the Land Judge has since accepted the Commissioners' offer.
* Amended proposal in course of preparation. ‡Awaiting lodgment of undertakings, signed by not less than three-fourths of the tenants,. to purchase their holdings.
†Awaiting settlement of question affecting superior interests

MR. GINNELL

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will ascertain and set forth fully the several reasons for which the Estates Commissioners have so far held in cases within the Act and good on the merits, that the applicants as evicted tenants are not fit and proper persons to become purchasers under the Land

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Cases in which proposals by the Estates Commissioners to purchase estates, under Section 7 of the Irish Land Act, 1903, have been refused by the Land Judge:—

Purchase Acts; and, where the reason is age, sex, infirmity, or other cause not affecting the merits of the claim, how and when do the Government propose to afford relief.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The several grounds on which the Estates Commissioners have rejected applications are fully set out in the twentieth paragraph of their Special Report on evicted tenants. As regards the latter pa t of the Question, I would refer to my reply to the hon. Member's previous Question on 26th June. †