asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries to state how many temporary examiners of title to the Irish Land Commission have been appointed since the passing of the Land Act, 1931, how many of those so appointed were (a) Solicitors, and (b) barristers-at-law, and if it is proposed to appoint further temporary examiners to cope with the vast amount of arrears which have accumulated in connection with the examination and proof of title in the Land Commission.

Four temporary examiners of title, of whom one is a solicitor and three are barristers-at-law, have been appointed since the passing of the Land Act, 1931. Arrangements are in hand for the appointment, as soon as possible, of six additional temporary examiners of title.