§ Mr. DUFFYasked whether Mr. Patrick Skerry, Ballyboy, Gort, was evicted out of his holding on the estate of Lord Gough, on the 6th September, 1888; whether he was informed in February last that the Estates Commissioners do not intend to provide him with a holding; and will the Chief Secretary explain the reasons which induced the Commissioners to exclude this man from the benefits of the Evicted Tenants Act?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received an application from Patrick Skerry, seeking reinstatement in a holding formerly occupied by him, and now in the occupation of another tenant, 1380 and have decided to take no action in the case. It would be contrary to the established practice to state the reasons which actuate the Commissioners in the exercise of the discretion vested in them.
§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the total number of applications from evicted tenants in the county of Meath; how many were admitted; how many satisfied; and how many are still without holdings?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to Table XXVII. in the Appendix to the Report of the Estates Commissioners for the year ending 31st March, 1910, which gives the information he requires.
§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked whether Bernard Dunne, an evicted tenant from the Radcliffe estate, at Drominiskin, county Meath, applied for reinstatement or for an equivalent holding; whether he was waited on by an inspector from the Estates Commissioners; and, if so, what action it is proposed to take in his case?
§ Mr. BIRRELLDunne's application has been inquired into and noted for consideration in the allotment of any suitable untenanted land acquired by the Estates Commissioners.