§ Mr. O'MALLEYasked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board made an offer for the purchase of the Higgin's estate, Maam, Connemara; and, if so, whether the offer was refused or accepted; if refused, will he state the terms offered by the Congested Districts Board?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIf the estate referred to is that of the representatives of Michael Higgins in the Oughterard Rural District, the Congested Districts Board have not yet made an offer for its purchase, but hope to do so shortly.
§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can say whether the Estates Commissioners have yet taken any steps to provide John Dorgan, evicted tenant on the property of Mr. O'Grady Conyers, of Castletown-Conyers, county Limerick, with a portion of untenanted land in lieu of the farm from which he was evicted; and whether they will give him a portion of the untenanted lands of Cappananty, which they have acquired and which are in the neighbourhood of his evicted farm, and thus carry out the promise they have made to give him land when available?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners are not in a position to say when they may be able to provide John Dorgan with a holding. They are unable to provide him with a holding on the lands referred to which have been acquired by them under the provisions of Section 43 of the Irish Land Act, 1909, for the relief of congestion.