§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Livingstone estate, Fairhill, Islandeady, Castlebar, has yet been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis estate has not yet been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board have issued an offer to Mr. Desmond G. FitzGerald, Turlough, county Mayo, for the purchase of his estate, or have the negotiations for purchase failed; and, if so, what were the questions in dispute?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board have issued a revised offer384W for the purchase of the estate of Mr. Desmond G. FitzGerald, county Mayo, and negotiations are pending. The question of the sporting rights still remains to be settled.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary whether the estate of Mr. F. C. Garvey, Murrisk Abbey, county Mayo, has yet been acquired by the Congested Districts Board, or when the Board expect to complete the purchase?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board have recently issued a revised offer for the estate referred to, but they cannot at present say when the purchase of the estate is likely to be completed.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary whether the Phibbs Irwin estate (in lunacy) has yet been purchased by the Congested Districts Board, or will he say when the Board hope to be able to complete the purchase?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Congested Districts Board have decided to make an offer for the estate referred to which will be issued as soon as practicable. They cannot at present say when the purchase of the estate is likely to be completed.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary whether the Congested Districts Board have taken any steps to acquire the interest of Mr. P. A. G. Grehan in his non-residential farm at Ballintubber, county Mayo, on the Moore estate, which has been purchased by the Board; and whether they intend to do so, having regard to the congestion in the district?
§ Mr. BIRRELLNo steps have been taken by the Congested Districts Board up to the present to acquire the interest of Mr. P. A. G. Grehan referred to, but the matter will be inquired into.
§ Mr. DORISasked the Chief Secretary whether Mr. R. V. Stoney, Rossturk Castle, county Mayo, has offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board Glanamaddy mountain and the Islands of Iniskeel and Inishorkan; and whether the Board have taken any steps to acquire those lands for the relief of congestion in the district?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe islands referred to have not been offered for sale to the Congested Districts Board. In the year 1900 385W the Board purchased from Mr. Stoney a portion of his estate, including 1,569 acres of the Glennamadoo mountain, which was resold to him by the Board in 1907.