§ Sir J. LONSDALEasked whether the Colles-Sandes estate at Brosna, county Kerry, was purchased about five years ago by the Congested Districts Board, and that portions of Flynn's farm on this estate have been acquired by two publicans, who themselves own large farms in the neigh- 2400W bourhood, while no allotments have been made to the representatives of the only three men who have enlisted in this district; and if the Congested Districts Board, when distributing lands purchased by them, will inquire whether there are any soldiers or ex-soldiers desiring land, and in all cases give a preference to such applicants?
Mr. H. SAMUELThe Colles-Sandes estate, county Kerry, was purchased by the Congested Districts Board in June, 1915. A scheme has recently been prepared for providing, out of the farm of Mrs. Flynn, tenant purchaser, accommodation plots for the occupying owners of dwellings in Brosna Village who had no accommodation land in order to enable them to provide themselves with milk and vegetables. Forty accommodation plots, containing about 2 statute acres each, have been allotted to such occupying owners, including publicans, of whom two have farms-situated a considerable distance from Brosna and too remote to be used for accommodation land. No representations were made to the Board's inspector on behalf of three men stated to have enlisted in the district, and he has no knowledge of them. The Board, when dealing with applications for untenanted land will continue to consider favourably any applications from persons otherwise eligible who have or had sons serving in the Army or Navy or who have themselves so served.