asked the Minister for Agriculture whether it is intended to introduce legislation to amend the Sections of the Land Act, 1923, dealing with the arrears of rent; whether, in the case of tenants against whom decrees have recently been obtained, the same terms will be given as to those who were not proceeded against; further, what is the intention in regard to costs of the decrees.

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative.

Sub-section (5) of Section 10 appears to meet the point referred to in the second part of the question. It provides that any money, whether rent, costs, or expenses, levied or recovered by a landlord on or after 3rd July, 1923, shall, in so far as it exceeds whatever would have been due as Compounded Arrears of Rent, be credited towards any sums subsequently payable by the tenant on that head.