asked the Minister for Lands and Fisheries if he will state if any steps have been taken to acquire for division among the considerable number of uneconomic holders in the area the following lands, being portion of the Aylmer estate, Co. Kildare: (1) the lands of Clonagh Farm at Danielstown and Rathcoffey South containing 200 acres now in possession of Charles Reilly, Piercetown House, Kells, Co. Meath; and (2) the lands of Rathcoffey South and Danielstown containing 160 acres now in possession of Maurice McNally, Hainton, Rathmore, Naas, Co. Kildare.

The holding of Charles Reilly containing 325a. 1r. 36p. in the townlands of Rathcoffey South, Danielstown and Clonagh and the holding of Maurice McNally containing 202a. 2r. 2p. in the townlands of Rathcoffey South and Danielstown on the estate of John W. Aylmer, Record No. S 3020, Co. Kildare, were retained by the Land Commission on the Appointed Day under Section 28 (6) of the Land Act, 1923, and the question of their resumption for the relief of congestion is under consideration.