§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, when the Congested Districts Board will be prepared to resume the negotiations for the purchase of the Ventry estate; and whether, seeing that legal proceedings are pending for the recovery of rent and due solely to the refusal of the Board to complete the sale, the Board will direct its inspector to visit the estate at once.
§ MR. CHERRYIn the present state of the funds of the Congested Districts Board, no date can be fixed at which negotiations for the purchase of Lord Ventry's estate can be resumed.
§ MR. DILLON (Mayo, E.)Did not the Chief Secretary in the debate promise the purchase should be carried out?
§ MR. CHERRYasked for notice.