asked the Minister for Lands if he is aware that a petition was forwarded to his Department signed by a large number of householders in the town of Ballinasloe and of farmers in the rural area requesting that 1,000 acres of bog at Poolboy and Kellysgrove, near Ballinasloe, in the occupancy of Lady Katherine Trench (Record No. U.1348A), County Galway, be purchased for resale in turbary allotments to householders in Ballinasloe and tenants on Clancarty estate; if he will state what stage proceedings have reached, and if, in view of the difficulties in providing fuel for domestic use in this area, he will urge his Department to expedite purchase and have the scheme for allotment prepared in time for the coming turf cutting season.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Turbary Allotments in Ballinasloe.
The Land Commission propose to institute proceedings at an early date for the acquisition of an area of bog containing 804 acres in the townlands of Kellysgrove and Graigueawoneen on the estate of Lady Katherine Trench, County Galway (Record No. U.1348A), but at the present stage, they cannot state if or when the lands in question will be acquired and divided.