§ Mr. HACKETTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state the number of applications received by the Estates Commissioners under the Evicted Tenants Act, from the Parliamentary Division of Mid-Tipperary; whether he can state the number of cases reinstated in their former holdings, the number of 446 cases noted by the Estates Commissioners as fit to be provided with holdings, and the number of cases at present under consideration; and whether he can state what steps have been taken by the Estates Commissioners to obtain the consent of the new tenants or planters in order to co-operate with the Estates Commissioners in facilitating the reinstatement of the old tenants?
§ Mr. REDMOND BARRYThe Estates Commissioners' Records are not kept by Parliamentary Divisions. The figures for the whole County of Tipperary are as follows: Applications have been received from 781 persons claiming to be evicted tenants or the representatives of such tenants. Four hundred and seventy-four of these applications have been rejected after inquiry, 115 persons have been reinstated or provided with new holdings, and twenty-four have been noted for consideration. The remaining 168 applications were received after the date specified in the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, and cannot be dealt with under that Act. As regards the last paragraph of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to a question asked by the hon. Member for North-East Cork on the 1st instant.
§ Mr. FLAVINWhy is there such delay in these cases?