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MR. MOORE
I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will grant the Return moved for by the Member for North Armagh, relating to evicted tenants in Ireland†so that independent inquiry may be made on behalf of parties interested into the merits of the several cases.
MR. BIRRELL
I propose to lay upon the Table in the course of a few days a Report prepared by the Estates Commissioners showing the result of their investigation of the cases of evicted tenants. This Report, however, will not contain particulars of individual cases, and a Return of such cases cannot be given. It must be obvious that no good purpose could be served by furnishing material for the purpose of enabling
independent inquiry to be made by interested persons into the thousands of cases investigated by the Commissioners.†Return of the evicted tenants whose applications have been recognised by the Estates Commissioners as deserving reinstatement showing (a) their names and descriptions; (b) the counties and holdings from which they have been evicted; (c) the date of such eviction; and (d) the amount of rent due at the date of such eviction.