§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state the amount of loans actually sanctioned and paid out under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, up to and including the financial year ended 31st March, 1909; and what was the amount applied for, and in respect of how many cottages, in each province since that date?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe amount of loans sanctioned and recommended for issue, under the Labourers Act, 1906, up to 31st March, 1909, and 3rd March, 1910, were respectively as follows:—
The allocation by provinces of the last-mentioned amounts, and the number of cottages, etc., for which the loans were sanctioned, are as follows:—
Sanctioned. Issued. £ £ 31st March, 1909 2,815,754 1,066,995 3rd March, 1910 3,944,286 2,147,875
§ Mr. BIRRELLAs I have already informed the hon. Member in reply to a question asked by him on 5th March, 1909, the Estates Commissioners have decided to take no action in the matter of the application of this man's representatives for reinstatement in a holding of which he lost possession on the expiration of his lease. The Commissioners understand that the owner is willing to sell the lands to his 1785W widow, and the matter is one for arrangement between the parties.
§ Mr. PATRICK WHITEasked the Chief Secretary whether Michael Tiernan, Wood-mill, an evicted tenant on the estate of Mr. Balfour, Townley Hall, Drogheda, has applied to be reinstated in his former holding; and what action the Estates Commissioners have taken in his case?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have considered this man's application for reinstatement and have provisionally selected him for a holding on untenanted land which they have recently acquired.