asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture whether the Land Commission have allotted holdings to the labourers who lost their employment on the estate of Sir Nugent Everard, Ballyhist, Co. Meath, and, if not, whether he will state what compensation, if any, the Land Commission propose giving to those men, considering that some of the men have worked for thirty years on this estate and are now unemployed.

No allotment by the Land Commission of the lands of Ballyhist on the estate of Sir Nugent Everard has yet taken place.

In the distribution of lands acquired by the Land Commission, due regard is had to labourers living on or in the vicinity of the lands whom the Commission consider competent to work lands.