§ MR. GINNELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if, in view of the statements that all the untenanted ranch land in Ireland is insufficient for the relief of evicted tenants and of congestion and is the excuse for withholding relief, he will explain why the Estates Commissioners continue giving parcels of that land to grabbers of evicted farms and to graziers of large tracts, and disregard complaints o evicted tenants and of congests, whether made directly or through this House; and whether he will give any assurance that well-founded complaints on specific cases of this nature will in future receive attention.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) Advances for the purchase of untenanted lands are made by the Estates Commissioners in accordance with the law, and all representations received by them are duly considered.