§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Patrick O'Neill was evicted in 1879 from his holding on the Lionel Hewson estate, near Caherciveen; and can he state what action has been taken by the Estates Commissioners to secure his reinstatement?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have inquired into and considered Patrick O'Neill's application for reinstatement in a holding on the Hewson estate formerly occupied by him, and now in the possession of another tenant, and they have decided not to take any action in the matter.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Michael Keating was evicted from his farm on the Sugrue estate, Prior, near Caherciveen, at a time when his rent was £22 10s. and the valuation £7 15s.; and can he state what steps have been taken to secure his reinstatement or to provide him with a suitable-holding?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe hon. Member presumably refers to the case of Maurice Keating who applied for reinstatement in a holding formerly occupied by him on the estate of Colonel Sugrue, county Kerry. Keating's former holding is in the occupation of another tenant, and the Estates Commissioners, after inquiry and consideration, decided to take no action in the matter.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked what steps, if any, have been taken to secure the reinstatement of Cornelius Doyle, Cappaganeen, in the farm from which he was evicted on the Mahony estate, Dunloe?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners have inquired into and considered Cornelius Doyle's application for reinstatement in a holding on the Mahony estate, county Kerry, formerly occupied by his father, and now in the possession of another tenant who has purchased it under the Land Purchase Acts, and they have decided not to take any action in the matter.
§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary whether John M'Avinue, who was a joint tenant with his father, Patrick M'Avinue, on the Kells estate, county Cavan, and duly evicted, will be reinstated or given a farm elsewhere; is he aware that one of the joint evicted tenants has been given a farm on the 1535W J. B. Little estate, county Cavan; and will he say if there is any reason for refusing land to the other joint evicted tenant, who is better able to work land than the tenant already provided?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners received an application from Patrick M'Avinue for reinstatement in a holding formerly occupied by him on the Kells estate, county Cavan, and, after inquiry and consideration, gave him a holding on the Little estate, in lieu of that from which he was evicted. They subsequently received an application from his son, John M'Avinue, who states he was a joint tenant with his father at the time of the eviction in 1879. John M'Avinue's application was not lodged within the period prescribed by the Evicted Tenants Act, 1907, and the Commissioners do not intend to take any action in the matter or to provide him with a holding.
§ Mr. LUNDONasked how many applications under the Evicted Tenants Act were on the provisional list for county Limerick on the 1st January, 1909; are any of the names which were on the list at that time now struck off; if so, how many, and for what reasons; and how many evicted tenants in Limerick are still to be provided for?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe statistics of the Estates Commissioners do not give the figures asked for in the first paragraph of the question. Applications provisionally noted are further considered by the Commissioners before holdings are allotted, and on such further consideration they may decide, in the exercise of the discretion vested in them by Statute, not to allot holdings in cases in which they consider it is not desirable to do so. There are eight evicted tenants in county Limerick who have not yet been provided for.