§ 11. Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board have yet decided upon providing a holding of land for John Costello, who was evicted by Martin Walsh from his holding at Gurthagustalla, parish of Mayo, county Mayo; whether he is aware that in 1916 the Estates Commissioners decided that John Costello was entitled to a holding under the Evicted Tenants Act and that, having no untenanted land in the county for the purpose, they requested the Congested Districts Board to deal with the case; and that the Congested Districts Board in reply stated that it was not their duty, but that of the Estates Commissioners to provide the necessary land; and whether this evicted tenant is to be deprived of his statutory rights because of a disagreement between the two Departments as to their respective duties and obligations under the Act?
§ Mr. SHORTTI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his previous question on the subject on the 2nd August, 1917, and to which I have nothing to add.