HC Deb 16 November 1908 vol 196 c888
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will say what arrangements have been made to settle the claims of the evicted tenants on the estate of Colonel O'Callaghan-Westropp, Bodyke, County Clare.

MR. BIRRELL

The Estates Commissioners notified in the Dublin Gazette of 6th instant their intention of acquiring compulsorily under the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, certain lands on the estate of Colonel O'Callaghan-Westropp from which tenants were evicted, but the tenants cannot be reinstated until the requirements of the statute have been complied with and the lands acquired.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

Will the right hon. Gentleman direct the special attention of the Estates Commissioners to the cases of the tenants who have been out of their holdings for a very long time?

MR. BIRRELL

Yes, Sir.