HC Deb 26 July 1909 vol 8 cc985-6W
Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSY

asked the Chief Secretary if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have considered the case of Michael Costelloe, evicted tenant on the estate of the Knight of Glin, for a building grant to enable him to build a house on the farm in which he has been reinstated, as there is none on it at present; whether he is aware that Costelloe is at present living in a labourer's cottage which he holds from the Glin Rural District Council and which he must now give up; and whether, under these circumstances, the Commissioners will give him the grant as requested?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Estates Commissioners will consider what arrangements as regards expenditure on buildings should be made in these cases.

Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSY

asked the Chief Secretary if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have considered the application of Daniel Costelloe, of Glin, in the county of Limerick, evicted tenant on the Knight of Glin's estate, for a building grant to enable him to build out-offices for his cattle on the farm from which he was evicted, and on which he has been reinstated; and, if so, whether they propose to give him a grant, as they have done in similar cases on the same estate?

Mr. BIRRELL

The Estates Commissioners do not propose to sanction a grant in this case for the purposes mentioned.