asked the Minister for Lands whether a plot of land with a dwelling-house thereon at Castlegregory, County Kerry, was recently allotted by the Land Commission to a local doctor, and whether at the time of allotment, local labourers requiring accommodation for themselves, their wives and families, were passed over; and, if so, whether he will make a statement as to the circumstances under which the allotment took place.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Allotment of Land and House (County Kerry).
While the Land Commission have, on occasions, allotted to labourers houses not required for land division purposes, the responsibility for the provision of houses for labourers rests with the local authorities. In the Castlegregory area, 23 houses were vacated by migrants and the county council requested the Land Commission to let them to labourers. Four of these houses were unfit for human habitation, 11 were required for Land Commission purposes and seven were let to labourers. A plot of two roods on which the remaining house stands, was offered to the county council as a building site but they refused to accept it. It was then allotted to a local doctor as a site for a dwelling-house and dispensary.