§ MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N.E.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have considered the application of Mr. Patrick Kidney, an evicted tenant, for reinstatement in his former holding at Britway, Castlelyons, on the Sherlock Estate, County Cork; and if the Commissioners, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, intend to apply the compulsory powers they possess, or take such other action as may be found most expedient to effect the reinstatement of the evicted tenant.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners consider the applicant to be a suitable person to be provided with a holding if one can be found for him, and they have referred the case to their inspector with the object of procuring a holding for the purpose, if possible. The evicted farm is in the occupation of a yearly tenant.