HC Deb 20 April 1911 vol 24 cc1018-9
Mr. HAYDEN

asked the Chief Secretary whether the tenants on the Aylward estate, near Strokestown, in county Roscommon, have requested the intervention of the Congested Districts Board, with the object of getting the estate sold and suitably treated, so that the uneconomic holdings may be enlarged; and whether the Congested Districts Board have taken any steps in the matter?

Mr. BIRRELL

The requisitions referred to have been received, and the owner was informed that the Congested Districts Board would be willing to negotiate for the purchase of the estate. No reply has yet been received from him.

Mr. BOLAND

asked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board had taken any and, if so, what steps to negotiate for the purchase of the estate of Mr. Myles O'Mahony, in the parish of Tuogh, county Kerry?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Congested Districts Board have taken no steps for the purchase of this estate.

Mr. BOLAND

asked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board had under consideration at its last meeting the resolution passed at the public meeting in Glencar on 2nd April with reference to the compulsory purchase of the estates in the parishes of Glencar and Tuogh; and, if so, what action does the Board intend to take?

Mr. BIRRELL

The resolution referred to has not been received by the Congested Districts Board.

Mr. BOLAND

asked the Chief Secretary whether any and, if so, what progress has been made in the negotiations for the purchase by the Congested Districts Board of the estate of the late Major Mahony, at Dooks, county Kerry; has the Board been in communication with the agent on the subject; and has any definite offer been made by the Board by which the interests of the evicted tenants have been safeguarded?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Congested Districts Board inform me that they are awaiting the lodgment of the maps and rental in the case of this estate which the agent has been asked to furnish.

Mr. BOLAND

Will the tenants of this estate be consulted in this matter, or are the negotiations to be carried on over their heads altogether?

Mr. BIRRELL

Oh, no, Sir.