§ Mr. FRANCIS MEEHANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state if the Congested Districts Board have received a memorial from the tenants on the Barton estate, Tullaghan, county Leitrim, requesting them to purchase the estate; whether the landlord is willing to sell; and, if not, whether, having regard to how these tenants have been deprived of the benefits of all land legislation up to 1909 by being returned as future tenants, and to the present state of congestion in the district, the Board would put the compulsory powers of the Land Act into operation?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe memorial referred to has been received. The Congested Districts Board have informed the owner of the estate that they would be prepared to open negotiations for sale through them if he so desired. So far the estate has not been offered to the Board.