asked the Minister for Lands whether he is aware that there is acute congestion in many rural areas in County Kerry; and, if so, what steps the Land Commission are prepared to take with a view to alleviating the position.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Kerry Congestion.
The Land Commission are taking all practicable steps towards the relief of congestion in County Kerry as elsewhere. For this purpose an area of about 560 acres was taken over in the county during the year ended 31st March, 1958, and, at that date, proceedings were in progress for the acquisition or resumption of a further 700 acres approximately. Last year, an area of about 1,100 acres was allotted by the Land Commission in County Kerry, this land being devoted almost exclusively to the relief of congestion by way of enlargement and rearrangement.