asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he will state the number of estates in Co. Wexford, the gross rental, the acreage, together with the total number of holdings of tenanted land not yet vested in the tenants in that county.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wexford Non-Vested Estates.
The number of estates in County Wexford in respect of which maps and schedules of particulars have been lodged in the Land Commission under the provisions of the Land Acts, 1923-9, but which have not yet been vested is 243, comprising 2,900 holdings and a total area of approximately 86,000 acres and representing a gross rental of £48,000, so far as at present can be ascertained. The work of checking and inspection necessary before these estates can be vested in the Land Commission is being proceeded with as rapidly as possible, and after detailed examination and survey and the disposal of such matters as discrepancies in area, tenure, occupancy, rights of turbary, etc., particulars of 24 of these estates, comprising 700 holdings and an area of 26,400 acres and representing a rental of £13,600, have already been provisionally gazetted preparatory to vesting.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary state when he will be in a position to vest all the holdings?
I cannot say.