asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the names of those who were allotted additions on the Fitzgerald-Kenney and Brennan Estates in County Mayo; the acreage and valuation of the additions; and the valuations of the holdings of these allottees prior to the allotment of the additions.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Allocation of Mayo Estates.
Mr. Boland
An area of 125a. 2r. 5p. on the Fitzgerald-Kenney Estate, Record No. S. 7508, acquired by the Land Commission under Land Act, 1923, was divided in March last into 11 parcels and all allotted to tenants of uneconomic holdings.
Three migrants' holdings and the resumed holding of Mrs. C. Brennan on the Fitzgerald-Kenney Estate, Record No. C.D.B. 155, together with a migrant's holding on the McDermott Estate, Record No. C.D.B. 58, were simultaneously divided amongst 14 persons, 13 of these being tenants of uneconomic holdings and one being a former employee on the Brennan holding. Of the 25 parcels allotted, 20 were given by way of addition to existing holdings, one was in exchange for a portion of an existing holding surrendered by the allottee and four were new holdings given in exchange.
I am not prepared to supply information as to individual allottees on the lines suggested by the Deputy.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the reasons why Martin Quinn, Thomas Murphy, Patrick Joyce, Michael Prendergast and Michael Mooney were not granted additions in the recent distribution of the Fitzgerald-Kenney and Brennan Estates in County Mayo.
Mr. Boland
The applications of the persons mentioned by the Deputy were considered, but the Land Commission were satisfied on the information before them concerning their circumstances and the circumstances of other applicants, and having regard to the area of land available for division that it was not possible to allot parcels of land to them.