§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many evicted tenants in the County of Kerry have been reinstated under the provisions of the Evicted Tenants Act; how many applications have been received from evicted tenants in the county; how many have been reinstated by landlords and how many by the Estates Commissioners; and 1067 what steps have been taken to test the merits of each particular application.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have taken proceedings for the compulsory acquisition under the Evicted Tenants Act of certain lands in County Kerry, but no reinstatements have yet been made under the Act in that county; 938 applications have been received from the county, 209 evicted tenants have been reinstate on estates sold by landlords to tenants direct, and 38 evicted tenants have been reinstated by the Commissioners on estates purchased by them. The applications of evicted tenants are fully inquired into by inspectors, whose reports are considered by the Commissioners together with all other available information.