HC Deb 28 July 1913 vol 56 cc31-2
84. Mr. DORIS

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether Mr. H. Blake-Knox has yet accepted the offer issued to him by the Congested Districts Board on 19th November, 1912, for the purchase of Iris property in the parishes of Kildacamogue and Straid, county Mayo, or what stage the negotiations for sale have reached?

Mr. BIRRELL

Negotiations for the purchase of this property by the Congested Districts. Board are still proceeding.

85. Mr. DORIS

asked whether the negotiations between the Congested Districts Board and the owners of the estate of the late Mr. W. E. Kelly, situate in the parishes of Aglish and Ballyheane, county Mayo, have resulted in a sale of the estate, or when the Board hope to acquire the property?

Mr. BIRRELL

Negotiations are proceeding between the Congested Districts Board and the owners of this estate, and they are not in a position to give any further information at present.

86. Mr. DORIS

asked whether Mr. Patrick O'Dowd, J.P., Fallduff, county Mayo, has lodged maps and other necessary papers with the Congested Districts Board with a view to a sale of his estate through the Board; and, if so, when the Board will have an inspection made and an offer issued?

Mr. BIRRELL

Mr. O'Dowd has lodged the maps and certain documents necessary for a preliminary inspection of this estate, but some further information asked for by the Congested Districts Board is awaited.

87. Mr. DORIS

asked whether the Congested Districts Board have approached Mr. John Durcan, Turlough, relative to the sale of his estate in Cloontubrid, county Mayo; and, if so, with what result?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Congested Districts Board have communicated with Mr. Durkin regarding the sale of the property, but it has not so far been offered for sale through them.

88. Mr. DORIS

asked whether the Congested Districts Board have yet issued offers for the estates of the following, situate in the parishes of Turlough and Kildacomogue, county Mayo: Mr. D. G. FitzGerald, the Misses Hunter, Mr. B. Gibbons, Phibbs Irwin (in lunacy), James Foy, Mark Foy, and P. Foy; and, if so, whether the offers or any of them have been accepted?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Congested Districts Board have not yet issued offers for the purchase of the estates of D. J. FitzGerald, E. Gibbons, and J. Phibbs Irwin. Offers for the purchase of the estates of the Misses Hunter, Mark Foy, James Foy, and Patrick Foy have been issued, and the Board's offer has been accepted in the case of Mr. Patrick Foy's estate.