asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the present position concerning the proposed purchase scheme by the tenants of the Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust houses, and if he will say when it is likely the scheme will be put into operation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust Houses.
I would refer the Deputy to my reply to similar questions on the 7th instant. I am not aware of any further developments on the British side since.
Mr. Byrne
Is the Minister aware that quite recently the Soldiers' and Sailors' Trust has given notice to some of the tenants where the parents have died? In one case that I know of three grown-up children have been threatened with ejectment proceedings. Will the Minister give them protection and allow them to benefit by the scheme? Will he stop the eviction of the children of soldiers or sailors who have died within recent date?
If there had not been these hardships, there would have been no need for the agreement which has been made, the implementation of which demands that action be taken by the British Government. Representations have been made to them to speed up that action so as to enable us to solve this problem.
Mr. Byrne
In the meantime will the Minister take steps to see that these people are protected from eviction?
In the meantime, I have no power to protect anybody.
Question No. 73.