§ Mr. KELLYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if it is contemplated to make provision to enable ex-service men occupying houses on estates erected under the Irish Land (Provision for 76W Sailors and Soldiers) Act, 1919, to purchase those houses on an instalment basis; if so, when details of the scheme are likely to be available; and if, included in those details, there will be provision for repayment to intending purchasers of a portion of the moneys paid when these ex-service men are compelled to vacate their houses before complete purchase?
Mr. THOMASI have been asked to answer this question. I understand that a scheme has been prepared by the Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust to enable ex-service tenants to purchase the leasehold of the cottages occupied by them on an instalment basis, and that it is hoped to publish the scheme shortly. I am informed that the scheme makes provision for repayment in the eases contemplated in the last part of the question where a certain minimum of instalments has been paid.