asked the Minister for Lands if he is aware that the Land Commission, in making an allotment of the lands of Stephenstown North on the Brennan estate, Two-Mile-House, Naas, County Kildare, by way of an enlargement of a holding (name of allottee supplied) erected a dividing fence in such a way as to cut off the allottee's access to water and which was not in accordance with the scheme as sanctioned or as pointed out to the allottee; and if he will ask the Land Commission to reinvestigate the matter with a view to rectifying the position.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Erection of Fence on Kildare Holding.
The enlargement comprising 12 acres provided on this estate for the allottee in question was the parcel approved by the Commissioners for allotment to him. This parcel, for which a purchase agreement was signed by the allottee, included an area containing facilities for watering stock but he subsequently intimated that the water supply was not satisfactory. The Land Commission, in an effort to facilitate him, investigated the possibility of providing an alternative source of water on other lands allotted on this estate but such an arrangement did not prove feasible.
Did the Minister say there was water on the lands allotted?
The source of water, a spring, was believed to be sufficient but in fact proved insufficient.
Is it not a fact that what happened was that the dividing fence was erected in the wrong place?
As far as I can understand the person in question did not have the right to the water supply which he believed he had.
Is it contested by the Minister's Department that the allottee was pointed out the water supply to which the Minister is now referring, and that both he and all the officials believed he had such supply but that the fence was erected in the wrong place?
According to my information that is not the case.
I think if the Minister looks at the matter again he will find it is the case.