asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries whether he will state how many estates were purchased in Kerry under the 1923 Land Act, and how many of these have been vested in the tenants.

The number of estates of tenanted land in County Kerry for which schedules of particulars have been lodged with the Land Commission under the Land Act, 1923, is 131.

The Land Commission have published to date in provisional lists of lands to be vested 42 of these estates of which 18 estates have already been vested.