§ MR. LUNDONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is he aware that the governors 694 of the board of the Erasmus Smith's Schools are selling to the tenants their holdings on the estate around Pallasgrean and Doon, County Limerick; is he aware that three tenants for a very long period have been evicted, namely, John Harty of Garranmore, Timothy Burke of the same place, and Joseph Ryan of Knockderk, and that their farms have been taken up by planters respectively, Lane, Griffin, and Doherty; and can he say whether the Estates Commissioners have under the Evicted Tenants Act of 1907 the power of removing those planters and providing them with either compensation or land elsewhere.
§ MR. BIRRELLNo proceedings for the sale of the estate in question have yet been instituted before the Estates Commissioners. Applications have been received from the three evicted tenants named and are being inquired into. The Commissioners cannot say what the facts are or what action they may take in these cases until they have received and considered their inspector's report.