Mr. KELLYasked the Chief Secretary whether, in allocating amongst tenants that part of the lands of Ballyboc, county Donegal, the property of Messrs. Wilson and Irvine, which the Estates Commissioners are about acquiring compulsorily, the Estates Commissioners propose to reinstate thereon Scott Elliott, of Carrick-brack, Convoy, county Donegal; whether he is aware that Scott Elliott is a bond fide evicted tenant of a holding on this estate which is now being acquired by the Commissioners; whether the Commissioners have received from Scott Elliott an application for reinstatement; and what action do they propose to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BIRRELL:The Estates Commissioners have received an application from Elliott, but it was not lodged within the time prescribed by the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, and cannot be dealt with under that Act.