§ MR. HAMMOND (Carlow)To ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland if he is aware that a tenant (C. F. M'Nally), who had purchased his farm under the 1896 Land Act, applied to the Land Commission to redeem his annuity, under Section 2 of The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1891, and received the reply that as no regulations were made to enable tenants to avail of the section they could give no definite answer; and will he say what action he proposes to take to enable his tenant to avail of this section.
§ (Answered by Mr. Cherry.) The Land Commission inform me that Mr. M'Nally did not apply to redeem his annuity, but asked whether he could pay one-fourth of the half-yearly instalment in Guaranteed Land Stock. In reply the Land Commission informed him that no regulations on the subject had been made, and he has since paid the instalment of his annuity in cash. As regards the concluding part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to an Answer given by my hon. friend the Secretary to the Treasury on the 12th instant, from which it appears that the question of making regulations is under consideration.