asked the Minister for Agriculture in respect of County Waterford: (i) the number and size of farms purchased by the Land Commission in 1977, 1978 and 1979; (ii) the holdings, size and name possessed for sub-division; (iii) the date of acquisition; (iv) the likely date of sub-division, and (v) the number of applicants in County Waterford for land.
Written Answers. - County Waterford Land Acquisition and Division.
The information requested at (i) to (iv) in the question is contained in a tabular statement, which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
As regards (v) surveys of congestion are made by the Land Commission only as necessary in connection with the division of particular estates. A register of applicants on a county basis is not kept.
Following is the statement:
County Waterford.
Estate |
Record Number |
Townland |
Area acquired (ha) |
Lettable area on hands (ha) |
Date of Possession |
Likely date of division |
Heafey |
S.28163 |
Ballyrandal etc. |
27 |
27 |
8/10/74 |
1980 |
Lyons |
S.28097 |
Coolagortboy |
15 |
15 |
28/5/76 |
1980 |
Sandes |
S.29194 |
Lafone |
39 |
39 |
22/9/77 |
1979 |
O'Gorman |
S.1209/29 |
Glenshask More |
7 |
6 |
12/1/78 |
1980 |
Connolly |
S.28074 |
Glenshask Beg |
15 |
15 |
12/1/78 |
1980 |
Hickey |
S.28581 |
Lackandarra |
23 |
15 |
10/2/78 |
1980 |
Tully |
S.28946 |
Ballynagaul More |
7 |
6 |
29/6/78 |
1980 |
Crowley (now Flavin) |
S.26516 |
Monea |
16 |
13 |
3/10/78 |
1980 |
Sheehan |
S.29112 |
Shankill |
8 |
8 |
30/3/79 |
1981 |
Dunne |
S.28608 |
Cool |
17 |
17 |
18/4/79 |
1981 |
Kenneally |
S.29808 |
Feagarrid |
15 |
15 |
16/5/79 |
1981 |
Howell |
S.28401 |
Killadangan |
33 |
33 |
1/6/79 |
1981 |
Minister for Fisheries |
S.29208 |
Reanaskeha |
15 |
— |
22/2/77 |
already allotted |
Cunningham |
S.28180 |
Ballycurrane Nth. etc. |
32 |
— |
10/3/77 |
do. |
Dee |
S.29217 |
Deelish |
33 |
— |
5/1/77 |
do. |
O'Grady |
S.29252 |
Ballintlea |
30 |
— |
15/4/77 |
do. |