asked the Minister for Agriculture whether rent payments made on and after the second gale day in 1920 are to be deducted from the three years' compounded arrears of rent allowed to landlords under the 1923 Land Act, and, if so, whether he is aware that many Land Agents are refusing to make such allowances, and what action will be taken in such cases.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - RENT PAYMENTS.
Mr. HOGAN
Section 19 (2) of the Land Act, 1923, specifies that any payment of rent made by a tenant after the second gale day in the year 1920 shall be appropriated to the rent which accrued since the first gale day in that year.
In cases where a landlord in his statement of the amount due by a tenant has not given credit for allowances to which under the Act a tenant is entitled, the latter shall at once lodge with the Land Commission a notice in writing of his objection, which shall then be dealt with and decided in accordance with the Provisional Rules on the subject issued by the Land Commission on the 18th August of this year.