§ Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAMasked the Chief Secretary whether the Estates Commissioners have received an application from Mr. Jeremiah Twomey, a reinstated tenant on the estate of Mrs. Fanny Pyne, Ballyvolane, Fermoy, county Cork, for a grant to help him to rebuild and restock the holding; whether the matter has been inquired into and reported upon by an inspector; and if the report will soon receive the consideration of the Commissioners?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received an application for a grant from Jeremiah Twomey, who was reinstated in 1902 by the landlord as a future tenant of his former holding, but up to the present no purchase agreement has been entered into by the parties for the sale of the holding under the Irish Land Act, 1903, and until this has been done the Commissioners have no power to make any grant to Twomey. As the hon. Member has already been informed, in reply to previous questions, the Commissioners have intimated to the owner the price they would be prepared to advance for the holding, but she is not willing to sell at this price. The case will be further considered when the estate is being dealt with by the Commissioners in order of priority under the Irish Land Act, 1903.