§ Mr. AUGUSTINE ROCHEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that James Barrett, of Dereenacnow, in the parish of Caheraugh, West Cork, a former tenant on the estate of J. S. Lewis, was evicted in January, 1880, for the non-payment of only one year's rent; that he applied for reinstatement in 1905, and after his death in 1907 his widow renewed the application for reinstatement; whether he will say if the estate of which Barrett's evicted farm forms part was recently sold to the tenants; and whether, seeing that Barrett's farm is still in the landlord's hands or in the hands of one of the landlord's relatives, and is practically derelict, being used only for depasturing heifers, the Estates Commissioners will, before they sanction the sale of the estate and before it passes out of their jurisdiction, take the necessary steps to secure this farm or a farm of equal value for the widow of the evicted tenant?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have received an application from Mrs. Catherine Barrett for reinstatement in a holding formerly occupied by her late husband, James Barrett, on the Levis Estate, County Cork. No application for reinstatement was lodged by James Barrett. Proceedings for the sale of the estate under the Irish Land Act, 1909, have been instituted, and Catherine Barrett's application will be considered when the estate is being dealt with in order of priority.