§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application for reinstatement from Daniel Barry, evicted tenant, of Knockduff, Meelin, County Cork, on the Hastings Twiss Estate, if so, whether they have taken any action in the matter; whether the holding is derelict and in charge of a caretaker under police protection; and whether, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Commissioners will take steps to acquire it with the object of reinstating the evicted tenant.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners received an application 304 from Daniel Barry for reinstatement in his former holding. The landlord intimated his willingness to accept for the holding the price estimated by the Commissioners, but Barry refused to sign an agreement to purchase at that price because of a right of way over the holding enjoyed by a neighbouring tenant. As the Commissioners failed to effect a settlement between the parties they do not intend to take any further action in the matter Moverover, the farm is now in the occupation of a new tenant, though at the time of the negotiations referred to it was in charge of a caretaker under police protection.