asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture if he is aware that over four thousand civil bill processes have been issued in Kerry for land annuities in September, 1925, and if he can say what proportion of this number concerned one half-year's annuity only; further, whether the Minister can state (1) the total amount of costs in which annuitants have been mulcted by the issue of these processes in Kerry this year; (2) the amount of costs paid by annuitants before the service of processes; whether there is any differentiation in the treatment of chronic defaulters who owe many years' annuities, and those who are merely late for a single annuity; whether he is aware that there are many complaints as to the methods and inaccuracy of the Collection Branch of the Land Commission, and whether he will have enquiries made into the administration of this branch of his Department; and whether, as less than four hundred of the four thousand annuitants processed last September failed to settle before the cases went into Court, he will restore the issue of the Final (six days) Notice, which had customarily been given up to two years ago.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - KERRY LAND ANNUITIES.
SEUMAS O CRUADHLAOICH
Mr. HOGAN
The notice given of this question was not sufficient to permit of the necessary inquiries being made. I shall be glad, therefore, if the Deputy will postpone the question until this day week.