§ MR. DUFFY (Galway, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the respective sizes of the holdings of Patrick Early Coohaun, John Holleran Coohaun, and James Nestor Coohaun, annuitants to the Government on the Rosingrave estate, adjoining the De Blaquiere estate, Tubber, county Clare; and whether it is proposed to increase their small holdings out of the untenanted lands on the De Blaquiere estate.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The persons referred to do not come within the provisions of Section 2 of the Act of 1903, and it is not proposed to increase their holdings out of the untenanted land on the De Blaquiere estate.
§ MR. DUFFYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Michael Forde, of Fiddawn, Tubber, county Clare, holds 7 acres 1 rood 36 poles of land on the De Blaquiere estate, 15 acres 1 rood 2082 10 poles on the Lahiff estate; and was he given 40 acres additional out of the untenanted lands on the De Blaquiere estate, and, if so, will he explain the circumstances.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Michael Forde, who holds an uneconomic holding on the estate, is being given portion of the untenanted land adjoining his holding.
§ MR. DUFFYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Martin Burke, of Eathwilladown, Tubber, county Clare, has a holding of £13 worth of land on the Do Blaquiere estate; whether, in addition, he holds a farm of thirty-five acres at Carrowcraheen, county Clare, about eighty acres in Ballyhogan, county Clare, about twenty acres at Blakemount, county Clare, about fifty acres at Cap panaparty, county Clare; and will he explain the circumstances under which this tenant was given a further increase of about thirty acres out of the De Blaquiere estate.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Martin Burke is tenant of eight acres on this estate, and has been allotted twenty-one acres of the untenanted land. He does not hold any other land as tenant.
§ MR. DUFFYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the Estate Commissioners purchased the estate of Mrs. De Blaquiere, Tubber, county Clare; whether the estate included the tolls and customs of the town of Tubber as well as about fifty acres of bog; and whether it is proposed to vest the bog and the tolls and customs in either trustees or the district council, in the interests of the people.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The tolls referred to were not included in the estate offered to the Commissioners. The bogs have been divided amongst the tenants.
§ MR. DUFFYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that the system of allocating the untenanted lands on the De Blaquiere estate, Tubber, county Clare, has given rise to dissatisfaction; 2083 whether he is aware that Edward Forde, of Fiddaun, holds 7 acres 1 rood 6 poles of land at a valuation of £6 5s. on the De Blaquiere estate, 26 acres 3 roods 25 poles, valuation £7, on the Labiff estate, and 61 acres 2 poles, valuation £12 12s., on the Rosingrave estate; whether, in addition, Mr. Forde holds a farm of about ninety acres at Ballyhogan, county Clare; and will he explain why, in view of the congestion which exists in the district, this man was given a further increase of land from thirty to forty acres.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Edward Forde holds a small farm at a rent of £4 14s. on the De Blaquiore estate and a farm on the Lahiff estate at a rent of £3 15s. His son has a farm on the Rosingrave estate of the valuation of £9 15s. Forde has been given a parcel of untenanted land adjoining his own at an annuity of £11 18s.