§ Mr. O'MALLEYasked if the proposal of the Congested Districts Board that where there are no lands for the enlargement of holdings the tenants may purchase direct from the landlords implies that the purchase price is to be settled between the landlords and tenants; and, if so, will the price is to be settled between the landlords and tenants; and, if so, will the Board reserve to itself the right of declining to sanction such sales where the price agreed upon is in excess of the real value of the properties?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. Redmond Barry)The consent of the Congested Districts Board is only necessary in the case of a direct sale from landlord to tenant of an estate situate in a congested districts county when such estate is congested within the meaning of Section 20 of the Irish Land Act, 1909. The Board are alive to the importance of the matter raised in this question, and have decided not to sanction any direct sale of any case in which their sanction is required unless they are generally satisfied as to the terms of purchase.