§ MR. SHEEHAN (Cork County, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received a resolution from the Macroom Urban Council demanding that he should introduce a measure giving fixity of tenure, fair rents, and free sale to town tenants, and ascribing much of the evils of emigration and pauperism to the present system of town tenure; and whether legislation on the lines mentioned is contemplated by the Government.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) I would remind the hon. Member that The Town Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1906, provides for compensation to certain classes of town tenants for improvements and for unreasonable disturbance. The Government do not contemplate further legislation on the subject.