§ MR. JAMES O'KELLY (Roscommon, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Congested Districts Board have purchased the estate of Major St. George French, Clooniquinn, county Roscommon; whether the property in question includes the Clooniquinn Farm, which is now in the possession of a non-resident grazier; and whether the Board propose in the near future to use their powers and allot it in sections to the holders of uneconomic holdings in the immediate neighbourhood.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Congested Districts Board have purchased this estate. It is assumed that the grazing farm referred to in the Question is the non-residential farm which is held by Mr. Timothy Rourke, junior, under lease for thirty-one years from 1902. The Board have no power under the existing law to determine the tenure in this case.