asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture whether a petition has been received by the Land Commission signed by the clergy and residents of Headford, Co. Galway, praying that the Headford demesne lands at present in possession of the Committee of the Killursa Co-operative Society, Headford, Co. Galway, and being used by the members of the Committee as a grazing ranch. should be divided among the landless people of the district, and if he will state what action has been taken, or is intended to be taken, as a result of the receipt of this petition.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - HEADFORD DEMESNE LANDS.
The memorial referred to in the question was duly received in the Land Commission. The lands held by the Killursa Co-operative Farming Society, Ltd., have been vested in the Land Commission under Part III. of the Land Act, 1923, and from the date of vesting the Society is deemed under the provisions of the Act to have entered into a subsequent purchase agreement for the purchase of the lands from the Land Commission. From the information before the Land Commission it appears that the Society is managing the lands in accordance with its rules, but before the lands are vested in the Society the request of the memorialists will be carefully considered.