§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he can explain the delay in having the vesting orders made in the case of the tenants on the estate of Colonel Forster, Grenagh, county Cork, seeing that other estates in the neighbourhood, purchased more recently, have been vested; and when is it likely that this estate will be vested in the tenants?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe estates of Colonel Forster, in county Cork, are on the principal register of direct sales (all cash), and having regard to the claims of the other estates in priority on that register, Lave not yet been reached, but when so reached they will be dealt with as rapidly as possible. It is probable that the owners of the other estates to which the hon. Member refers elected under the Act of 1909 to accept payment either wholly or partly in stock.
§ Mr. O'SULLIVANasked whether the Estates Commissioners will be requested, when inspecting the Kenmare estate, to inquire particularly into the application for reinstatement in his father's farm at Raheen, Rathmore, county Kerry, made by Mr. Humphrey Moynihan; and whether, seeing that the land is un-tenanted and that Moynihan is suitable in every way, steps will be taken to have him restored to his father's home?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that Moynihan does not come within the class of evicted tenants for whom the Commissioners have power to provide holdings, and they do not intend to take any action in the matter of his reinstatement or provide him with a holding elsewhere.