1. Mr. DELANEYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was by the authority of the Estates Commissioners that the late Inspector P. J. Byrne pointed out a farm to Mrs. Anne Fitzpatrick, Ballintaggart, Roscrea, on the Kilcote estate, on 16th February last, as intended for her; whether Mrs. Fitzpatrick accepted the farm; and, seeing that the farm in question has been given to a tenant from Wicklow, will the Estates Commissioners provide another holding for this woman?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Birrell)The late Mr. P. J. Byrne had no authority to offer the lands referred to to Mrs. Anne Fitzpatrick, and the Estates Commissioners are not aware that he did so. The reply to the last part of the question is in the negative.