§ Mr. FLAVINasked whether Patrick Keane, Kilarda, Liselton, an evicted tenant on Ormathwaite, has made an application for a grant to enable him to 28W work his farm; and how soon the grant will be made, in view of this tenant's circumstances?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the expenditure sanctioned by the Commissioners has been entrusted to one of their inspectors, who will deal with the matter as soon as practicable.
§ Mr. DANIEL BOYLEasked the Chief Secretary if he will give particulars, including the names and location of their former holdings, of the eleven evicted tenants on the Pratt estate, near Crossmolina, county Mayo, whose claims for reinstatement have been considered by the Estates Commissioners, showing how each case has been disposed of and the reasons for the claims of six of the applicants being rejected; and if further consideration can be given to these cases either by the Estates Commissioners or the Congested Districts Board?
§ Mr. BIRRELLOf the eleven evicted tenants referred to in the question the Estates Commissioners, after inquiry and in exercise of the discretion vested in them by Statute, refused to take any action in regard to the application of six of them, and they are not prepared to depart from the decision they have come to in these cases. One of the evicted tenants has been allotted a holding elsewhere and the application of another is under consideration. The remaining applications were not lodged by the date specified in the Evicted Tenants Act and have not been inquired into. The Commissioners do not think it desirable to furnish the names of the evicted tenants or to give the further detailed information asked for in the question.