§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the inspector of the Estates Commissioners has inquired into the case of Mrs. Mary O'Dea, of Farbert Island, who was evicted from her holding at Glin, in the county of Limerick, in the year 1899; and, if so, what action do the Commissioners propose to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have fully inquired into Mrs. O'Dea's application and have decided to take no action upon it. The applicant's late husband was not an evicted tenant. He occupied the holding in question under a temporary letting by the Land Judge, and when the property was sold he was afforded an opportunity of purchasing the holding, but failed to take advantage of it. The holding has since been sold under the Land Acts to the present occupiers.