§ MR. JAMES O'CONNOR (Wicklow, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have received from Francis Murphy an application for reinstatement in the farm at Slieveragh, Baltinglass, the Hudson Estate, from which his father, Michael Murphy, was evicted in 1896; whether the Commissioners have rejected Murphy's application; and, if so, on what grounds.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Estates Commissioners have noted the name of Francis Murphy as that of a suitable person to receive a holding in the 1309 event of their acquiring untenanted land in the locality. The case has been referred to an inspector with the object of providing Murphy with a holding if possible.