Mr. CHARLES MacVEIGHasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that John Gorman, Mrs. Ecles, and James Woods, three evicted tenants, made application to the Estates Commissioners for, and were promised, farms on the untenanted lands situated at Ballyboe Covoy, East Donegal, and Magherahan, Raphoe, purchased by the Commissioners, and inspectors sent down in February, 1908, to inspect this purchased land with a view to provide Gorman, Ecles, and"Woods with farms, and nothing has been done since; and will he state what steps will be taken, and when, to place those people in holdings?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe owner filed objections to the acquisition of the lands referred to, and the Estates Commissioners decided that they could not be acquired compulsorily under the Evicted Tenants Act. The names of the evicted tenants mentioned in the question will be considered in the allotment of such lands as the Commissioners may be able to acquire.