§ Mr. CLANCYasked how many persons have been provided with new holdings in 1768 the county of Dublin since the passing of the Irish Land Act, 1903; how many of those persons belong to the county of Dublin; and whether, in view of the fact that many county Dublin tenants are living on uneconomic holdings, the Estates Commissioners will henceforth endeavour to provide in their own county for those tenants and other county Dublin agriculturists who have no land before bringing into that county any more persons from other places?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the total number of persons provided with new holdings on estates purchased by them in county Dublin is 58, of whom 42 were evicted tenants. Of the persons other than evicted tenants who have been provided with holdings, five belong to county Dublin and 11 to other counties. The Commissioners consider that it would be most undesirable to limit the creation of new holdings in non-congested districts to residents in those districts.