asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries whether he will give (1) the names of the estates in the county of Galway that have been vested by the Land Commission in the tenants since 1923; (2) the names of estates in process of being acquired, and (3) those at present in course of distribution; also, whether he will give the acreage in each case.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Vested Estates in Galway.
Tomás Mac Giolla Phóil
Proceedings in the Land Commission in respect of tenanted and untenanted lands in the County Galway are of very large dimensions, and the collection of detailed particulars of every estate in the county dealt with during the last seven years would be a lengthy operation, requiring much labour and research on the part of the Land Commission staff, who would have to be withdrawn from their normal duties in order to compile such a list as the Deputy asks for. I fail to see any useful purpose to be served thereby and I cannot accede to the Deputy's request. Statistics of the activities of the Land Commission in each county are given in their Annual Report, but if the Deputy requires any total figures for County Galway during a particular period I would ask him to be good enough to put down a question stating the precise statistics he desires, under what Land Acts, whether tenanted or untenanted land, etc.
Tomás Mac Giolla Phóil
asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries whether he will state what is the present position in regard to the division of the lands of Kilgevrin (Manus L. Blake Estate, Record No. S.4756).
The preliminary steps have been taken for the division of the untenanted lands on the estate of Manus L. Blake, Record No. 4756, which are being dealt with in connection with a scheme of rearrangement of the holdings on the estate of James Lynch. The Land Commission anticipate that they will be in a position to present agreements for purchase to the tenants for signature early next year.