asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he would consider letting the lands, the property of Mr. Joseph McGinty, Stranorlar, in conacre, partly for the purpose of paying for the maintenance of said Joseph McGinty, and partly to pay off outstanding annuities and rates.

The lands of Stranorlar are in the ownership and occupation of Mr. Joseph McGinty and any question as to the letting of the lands in conacre or otherwise is a matter for him and not for the Land Commission.

Can the Parliamentary Secretary tell me if Mr. Joseph McGinty is going to be mulcted for the amount of annuities and rates that accrued during the time that he was under restraint? During that time the Land Commission would not allow the place to be let in conacre. If that permission had been given it would have enabled the land annuities and the rates to be paid.

The Land Commission gave him permission to let the land.

Did I understand the Parliamentary Secretary to say that the Land Commission gave permission for the letting of the lands?

Yes.

If permission was given the lands have been derelict for four years.

That was his own fault.

He was under restraint at the time.

During that period he could have let the lands and the Land Commission would have facilitated him in the letting.