§ 27. Mr. CLANCYasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office, with reference to the claims of the occupiers of lands taken for aerodrome purposes in a Leinster county to be paid compensation, and particularly to the claim of one such person whose name and the particulars of whose case have been furnished to the proper authority, whether he can now say when all those persons will be paid; and whether, if the person all of whose lands 1371 have been taken is not paid before it is too late for him to acquire other lands and is thereby deprived of a whole year's opportunity of making a living, he will be compensated for this loss in addition to the compensation to be paid to him for the value of his lands?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis matter is being dealt with as expeditiously as the exceptional circumstances of land tenure in Ireland admit, and I regret I am not in a position to say anything definite as to the precise basis of compensation. With regard to the latter part of my hon. Friend's question, the point has not yet arisen, and it is hoped that it will not arise.