§ Mr. FLYNNasked whether the Estates Commissioners could say if the purchase money for the sold portion of the Leader estate, Dromagh, county Cork, had yet been paid over to the landlord; if not, whether, in view of the fact that the purchase agreements were lodged in 1904, steps would be taken to do so without further delay; and whether, in view of the number of deserving evicted tenants in the immediate locality, and the advisability of enlarging the few uneconomic holdings on the estate and of securing suitable allotments for the working labourers of the district, the Commissioners would make an effort to secure the whole, or a considerable portion, of the untenanted land on this estate?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the purchase money of the tenanted portion of this estate has been advanced and that the holdings were vested in the tenants on the 1st instant. The Commissioners are in negotiation with the owner with reference to the untenanted land.
§ Mr. FLYNNSeeing that negotiations for the untenanted land have been going on for three years, will the right hon. Gentleman get the Estates Commissioners to hurry up?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe tenanted portion of the estate has only just been vested in the tenants. The Commissioners will proceed as fast as they can.