HC Deb 03 December 1912 vol 44 cc2101-2
113. Mr. PATRICK WHITE

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the untenanted land on the Wade estate, Clonabraney, county Meath, has been offered for sale to the Estates Commissioners, and with what result; and whether he will state when the vesting orders will be issued to the tenants on the estate who purchased their holdings?

Mr. BIRRELL

This estate is the subject of proceedings for sale direct by the owner to the tenants. It is on the principal register of direct sales (all cash), and will be dealt with in order of priority, but the Estates Commissioners are not at present in a position to say when it will be reached. The owner proposes to repurchase his demesne under Section 3 of the Act of 1903, and there is no untenanted land offered for sale to the Commissioners for purposes of distribution.

114. Mr. LUNDON

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when purchase agreements were lodged in the Bower estate at Tanhardstown, Kilmallock, county Limerick; has any inspection of the estate been made, and will the landlord be paid in stock or cash; will vesting orders be issued prior to the beginning of the next financial year; is there any delay in carrying through this sale; and, if so, what is the cause of it?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Estates Commissioners are unable from the particulars given to identify this estate as the subject of proceedings for sale before them under the Land Purchase Acts.

115. Mr. LUNDON

asked whether the Estates Commissioners have received appeals from several public bodies in county Limerick requesting them to acquire the untenanted land on the Smith estate at Ballynanty, Bruff, county Limerick; and, in view of the fact that this land is at present worked by a grazier and is evicted land, will steps be taken to put an end to the bullock walks and have this land distributed among evicted tenants, labourers, and small holders?

Mr. BIRRELL

The reply to the first paragraph of the question is in the affirmative. As I have already informed the hon. Member, the owner is not willing to sell these lands to the Estates Commissioners.