§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can state the number of evicted tenants in the West Riding of the county of Cork whose claims have been investigated by the Estates Commissioners and placed on the approved list; how many of these have been provided with holdings; and what steps are being at present taken to establish the remainder on the land again?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received 1,106 applications from persons seeking reinstatement as evicted tenants or the representatives of evicted tenants in county Cork. The figures for the West Riding cannot be given separately. Six hundred and fifty-two of the applications have been rejected by the Commissioners after inquiry, 197 applicants have been reinstated or provided with new holdings, and the names of 121 have been noted for consideration in the allotment of untenanted land. The remaining applications were received after the date mentioned in the Evicted Tenants Act, and cannot be dealt with under that Act.
§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary if he can give the names of the owners of untenanted land in the West Riding of Cork against whom compulsory proceedings have been taken under the provisions of the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907; what is the area in each case of the land proposed to be compulsorily acquired; and how many evicted tenants are likely to be placed on the land so acquired?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners do not keep separate statistics for the two Ridings of county Cork. Proceedings are pending under the Evicted Tenants Act for the acquisition of 4,000 acres on sixteen estates in the county. Full particulars of all lands which are the 251 subject of such proceedings are published in the "Dublin Gazette," as required by the Statute. Until the lands are acquired the Commissioners cannot say how many evicted tenants they will accommodate.