§ Mr. O'SHEEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Estates Commissioners have declined to recommend Mrs. Walsh, widow of Richard Walsh, who was evicted for non-payment of rent in the year 1880 from the estate of Sir Richard Musgrave, county Waterford, as a suitable person to be provided with a holding instead of the evicted holding now in the possession of a new tenant; what are the grounds for the decision, of the Estates Commissioners; and whether they will reconsider the case of Mrs. Walsh if supplied with further sufficient information?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have inquired into and considered Mary Walsh's application and, in the exercise of the discretion conferred on them, are not prepared to allot her a farm in lieu of the farm formerly occupied by her husband, which has been purchased by the present occupier under the Land Purchase Acts. It would be contrary to the established practice to state the grounds of the Commissioners' decision.