asked the Minister for Fisheries whether he can state why the claim of Nicholas Geraghty, Lobinstown, County Meath, for a portion of the lands known as the Reynell Estate, County Meath, was disallowed; and whether the Minister will take steps to have this decision reconsidered.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - LAND DISTRIBUTION IN CO. MEATH.
The lands referred to, comprising 144a., 2r. 33p., situate in the townlands of Killary and Lobinstown, County Meath, were acquired by the Land Commission under Section 24 of the Land Act, 1923. They were allotted to ten allottees; eight of these were tenants of small holdings, and one a man living in a labourer's cottage beside the Killary lands, who had managed, on behalf of the Irish Transport Union, the property before it had been taken over by the Land Commission, and one to the County Meath Board of Health to provide a cow-plot for the agricultural labourers in the vicinity. It was found impossible to include any more purchasers in the scheme owing to the limited area of the lands.