asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the nature of the instructions issued by the Commissioners to Land Commission inspectors regarding the rights of cottage tenant applicants for land wherever land is being divided; whether a particular distance of the tenant applicant from the lands has been specified; whether family responsibility and experience in working land are taken into consideration, and whether there is any limit to the acreage which such applicants should get.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cottage Tenant Applicants for Land.
Mr. Boland
Instructions to inspectors are confidential documents, and I do not propose to publish them. Occupants of cottages situated on or near lands which are being divided are eligible for consideration and such important factors as family responsibility and experience in working land are always taken into account. Land division policy contemplates the creation, out of the land divided, of as many economic holdings as possible and, consequently, the only limit to the acreage which an applicant may be granted is the size of an economic holding in the district concerned.