HC Deb 11 May 1915 vol 71 cc1496-7W
Mr. O'DONNELL

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that, on the Blennerhassett estate, Annagarry, Killorglin, there is a considerable area of bog which the landlords are willing to sell to the Estates Commissioners; and will he say if the Estates Commissioners are willing to purchase it?

Mr. BIRRELL

The proceedings under the Land Purchase Acts in regard to this estate have been for sale direct by the owner to the tenants, and more than half the bog has already been allotted to tenants who purchased under the Act of 1903, the allotments being consolidated with the holdings when the lands were being vested in the purchasers. The Estates Commissioners do not propose to purchase the residue of the bog, but arrangements for the sale thereof, under the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1889, and the Purchase of Land (Ireland) (No. 2) Act, 1901, to the tenants who have already had their holdings vested in them under Acts prior to that of 1903, are under consideration.

Mr. LUNDON

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how much money was deducted from the grants in aid to the Limerick County Council to meet the failures of land purchase annuitants during the years from 1903 to the year ending 31st March, 1915, giving each year separately; also the amount of such failures afterwards collected; and whether the same was put to the credit of the county council each year, to be given separately?

Mr. BIRRELL

The net amounts added to and deducted from the share of Limerick County in the Estate or Death Duty Grant for each of the years from 1903 to 1915 inclusive in respect of arrears of payments of land purchase annuities under the Irish Land Acts are as follows:

Year. Net Additions. Net Deductions.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1903 … — 378 5 8
1904 … — 185 10 6
1905 … — 317 8 0
1906 … — 844 13 10
1907 … — 524 2 1
1908 … — 790 17 2
1909 … — 1,083 11 7
1910 … 312 9 3 —
1911 … — 634 15 10
1912 … — 55 13 8
1913 … — 1,479 11 5
1914 … 545 0 7 —
1915 … — 1,186 19 8
Total net deductions 6,623 19 7
When arrears are subsequently recovered from the defaulters the amounts are forthwith credited to the county in connection with succeeding payments on account of the grants.