§ Mr. AUGUSTINE ROCHEasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that the Congested Districts Board received last year memorials from the tenants on the Lyne estate, the Simon White estate, and the Roches estate, all situated in the electoral division of Glengariffe, in the Bantry union, requesting the Board to purchase those etates; has the Congested Districts Board communicated with the landlords of those estates with a view to purchase, or have there been any negotiations between the Board and the landlords; is there a prospect that these estates will be purchased voluntarily and in the near future; and, if the Board cannot acquire those estates by voluntary agreement, will immediate steps be taken to acquire them under the compulsory clauses of the Act of 1909?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board received memorials from tenants on the Lyne and the Simon White estates, but they cannot trace any memorial from the tenants on the Roche estate. The owners of the Lyne and Simon White estates were informed that the Board would be willing to negotiate for the purchase of the estates, but they have not so far been offered to the Board. The owners will now be asked to state whether they are willing to negotiate with the Board for the sale of their estates.