§ MR. VINCENT KENNEDYTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether one Michael M'Cabe, of Corfree Gowna, county Cavan, applied for an additional 956 half-acre allotment in the Mullahoran rural district at the recent inquiry; was the same sanctioned by the council and confirmed by the inspector's order; and will he state now, if this plot is not to be supplied, what are the reasons for refusing.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The owner of the farm from which the additional half-acre allotment was proposed to be taken appealed to the Local Government Board who, on consideration, allowed the appeal. The labourer is stated to be nearly eighty years of age, and the Local Government Board are of opinion that the half-acre already in his possession is sufficient for his needs.