Mr. POWERasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Mrs. Eliza Hayes, of Kilmacomma, county Waterford, near Clonmel, was placed on the list of suitable evicted tenants by the Estates Commissioners; whether she has since died, and whether the Estates Commissioners have received any claim from her son-in-law, Mr. Michael Meagher, of Kilmacomma, as her legal personal representative; whether he is aware that her evicted holding is in the possession of the owner and has been recently let for grazing to a man named Edmond Guiry; and whether the Estates Commissioners will take steps to acquire the same by arrangement with the owner or compulsorily, or will offer Mr. Meagher a suitable holding elsewhere?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners received an application from Eliza Hayes for reinstatement in a holding462W formerly occupied by her on the estate of D. J. Higgins, county Waterford. The Commissioners offered her a parcel of land on another estate, which she declined to accept, and on further inquiry they decided to take no action in the matter of her application. They subsequently received an application from Francis G. Meagher, her grandson, and he has been informed that the Commissioners do not intend to provide him with a holding as her representative.