§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Chief Secretary if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have received a resolution, unanimously adopted by the Newcastle West Rural District Council, calling upon them to consider the claims of the labourers in the locality to a portion of the untenanted lands on the Vereker estate, in the parish of Abbeyfeale, and in regard to which representations have already been made under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts; and, if so, will he say what steps the Estates Commissioners propose to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received the resolution referred to, but they are not in a position at this stage of the proceedings to say what steps they propose to take in the matter.