§ Mr. MOLLOYasked why the Estates Commissioners have refused to proceed to acquire the untenanted lands of Raheenbown, county Carlow, on the estate of Mr. C. B. H. Weld; and what objections, if any, the landlord has raised to the sale of such lands?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners instituted proceedings with a view to the compulsory acquisition of the lands referred to under the provisions of the Evicted Tenants Acts, 1907, but on consideration of the objections filed by the owner under that Act they decided that 197 the lands could not be compulsorily acquired to provide holdings for evicted tenants.