§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application for reinstatement from Frank Chambers, whose father was evicted some thirty years ago on the McCloughty estate, situate in the district of Ballyrush, near Riverstown, Ballymote, County Sligo; and, if so, what steps they propose to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have received the application referred to, but as the eviction took place more than twenty-five years before the passing of the Act of 1903 they can take no action in the matter.