asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the cause of the delay in sub-dividing the lands on the Barrett estate at Ballintara, Dunmore, County Galway, and at Peak Farm, Dominican Fathers' estate, in the same area.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Acquisition and Division of Lands.
The delay in dividing the lands referred to is due to difficulties in negotiating and settling a scheme for rearrangement of a number of holdings in the vicinity.
Is the Minister aware that this matter has been on hands for quite a long time, and enormous hardships have been inflicted on the people of that particular locality due to the fact that they are expecting new houses and that the old ones have been going to rack and ruin every day of the week? Would the Minister make an effort to deal with this as quickly as possible? It should not be a matter of years to have decisions taken as to the tenants.
There are certain tenants objecting to the rearrangement scheme as proposed, evidently because they want a better bargain than their neighbours. If the Deputy would use his influence with those objectors and ask them to have a little bit of sense and facilitate the Land Commission, which is ready and anxious to help them, we might be able to put the rearrangement scheme into operation at once.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state whether it is the intention of the Land Commission to acquire any lands on the D'Arcy estate at Newforest for the relief of congestion in that area.
I am arranging to have this case reviewed.
asked the Minister for Lands if he can now state what progress has been made with the subdivision of the lands on the Lynskey estate at Kilbannon, County Galway.
Proceedings are in progress for the acquisition of the lands of Mullagh, owned by William Lynskey, but the Land Commission are not at present in a position to state if or when the lands will be acquired and divided.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state whether it is the intention of the Land Commission to acquire the lands of Mr. William Coffey, Boolattin, Newport, County Tipperary, for division or afforestation.
It is possible that these lands may in the near future come into the possession of the forestry division.
asked the Minister for Lands whether any progress has been made to relieve local congestion in dividing the lands held by the Land Commission at Cloonkeen (Deering estate), Dunmore, County Galway; and what progress has been made towards the resumption of the three nonresidential holdings in Cappagh.
It has not yet been possible to operate a rearrangement scheme for the lands at Cloonkeen. This matter must await the conclusion of resumption proceedings for certain holdings in the neighbourhood.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state when the Land Commission will divide the Bowen estate at Burt, County Donegal, which was acquired by the commission over 12 months ago.
It cannot at present be stated when the lands of Speenoge on the Bowen estate will be divided.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state when the Land Commission will take steps to acquire the Cash End estate at Burt, County Donegal.
The estate referred to by the Deputy has been acquired by the Land Commission.
asked the Minister for Lands whether the holding of Miss Fitzgerald, Carnagh and Duncaha, County Limerick, has been acquired for division by the Land Commission.
The Land Commission are having an inspection of the lands of Duncaha and Greenhills, belonging to Miss Fitzgerald, carried out, with a view to ascertaining their suitability for acquisition.
asked the Minister for Lands whether any decision has yet been reached by the Land Commission regarding the acquisition for division of the Smith estate, Craggs, County Limerick; and, if so, what is the decision.
The Land Commission hope to reach a decision at an early date on the question of the institution of proceedings for the acquisition of the Smith estate, Craggs.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state under what regulation of the Land Commission a plot of land on the O'Brien estate, Dromin, County Limerick (Collection No. P 8712), was recently allotted to Mr. Patrick O'Donnell.
The plot in question was allotted to Patrick O'Donnell by the Land Commission in the exercise of their powers under Section 31 of the Land Act, 1923.
Can the Minister justify giving a plot like this to a man with a valuation of £136 and having a farm of 126 statute acres, a man who let every year, over a number of years, 80 acres in grazing?
The present Minister was not responsible for the introduction of the 1946 Act under which, apparently, the plot in question was taken from a man for bad user.
Surely the Minister does not want to suggest that the former Minister was responsible for the allotment of this plot to a man who has land the valuation of which is £136 and who has a farm of 126 acres, 80 of which have been let in grazing?
Can the Minister say who gave this man 126 acres? Is that an economic holding?
Is that to enable the Minister to dodge the question?
Not at all.
Let the Minister answer the question then.
I want to give notice that I shall raise the subject matter of this question on the Adjournment.
That is the proper course to take. You will hear all about it then.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state how the Land Commission intend to divide the Lambert estate at Roscall, Bally-boughal, and whether favourable consideration will be given to the small uneconomic holders and landless men in the immediate vicinity.
It would be undesirable and contrary to usual practice to disclose the nature of any proposals the Land Commission may have under consideration with regard to the division of particular lands.
asked the Minister for Lands if he will state in respect of each of the years from 1933 to 1938 (i) the acreage of land divided in County Dublin; (ii) the number of applicants who received (a) holdings, and (b) additions to uneconomic holdings; and (iii) the number of landless men in the area.
Particulars, in so far as they are available in relation to parts (i) and (ii) of the question, are furnished in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle. I propose to have circulated with the Official Report. With regard to part (ii) statistics of new standard holdings as distinct from accommodation plots. turbary plots, etc., could not be ascertained without an expenditure of time and labour which would not be justified. The information requested in part (iii) of the question is not available.
Following is the tabular statement referred to:—
COUNTY DUBLIN
LAND DIVISION IN FINANCIAL YEARS 1933-4 TO 1937-8.
|
Year |
Area Divided |
No. of Additions to Uneconomic Holdings |
|
Acres |
||
|
1933-4 |
610 |
12 |
|
1934-5 |
418 |
10 |
|
1935-6 |
2,350 |
61 |
|
1936-7 |
1,090 |
22 |
|
1937-8 |
2,512 |
30 |