§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAMasked whether the attention of the Estates Commissioners had been directed to certain ejectment proceedings at the suit of Mrs. Fanny Pyne, Ballyvolane, Fermoy, Co. Cork, against Mr. Jeremiah Twomey, whom she had reinstated, as a future tenant in his holding at Kilcor, on the 25th of March, 1902; whether the judicial tenants on the estate signed purchase agreements on the 28th of October last, and if the Commissioners fixed a purchase price for Mr. Twomey's holding, which, however, the landlord refused to accept; and whether the Commissioners would take any action to ensure that the holding in question should be included in the sale and purchase of the estate as a whole?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have no power to interfere in any legal proceedings which may be pending against the person mentioned, who was reinstated some time ago by the owner as a future tenant. The owner has been informed of the price which the Commissioners would be prepared to advance to the tenant to enable him to purchase, but no purchase agreement has yet been lodged in his case. Proceedings have recently been instituted by the owner for sale to the tenants direct under the Irish Land Act, 1903, and the matter will be inquired into when the property is being dealt with in its order of priority.