§ Mr. FLYNNasked the Chief Secretary whether the Estates Commissioners have taken any further action in regard to the case of Timothy E. Barrett, evicted tenant on the Grehan estate, Banteer, county Cork; are they prepared to reconsider the appeal case lodged on behalf of the landlord, in view of the admitted fact that Barrett's former holding is still untenanted and is divided by the public high road from the landlord's home farms; and, if they decline to take action in this respect, what steps they propose to take to provide this man with an equivalent holding, having regard to the fact that they scheduled Barrett as a deserving evicted tenant?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners published a notice of their intention
to acquire Barrett's former holding under the Evicted Tenants Act. The owner filed a petition against its acquisition, and the Commissioners have judicially decided that the lands cannot be acquired compulsorily under the Act. Barrett's name will be considered in the allotment of untenanted land to be acquired by the Commissioners.