asked the Minister for Lands if the Land Commission took any steps to purchase the farm of the late Mr. Daniel O'Connor, which is situated at Glencollins Upper, Ballydesmond, County Cork, and which was sold by public auction on 30th September, 1963; and if he is aware that there are approximately twenty uneconomic holdings in the immediate vicinity of this farm.

Efforts by the Land Commission earlier this year to negotiate a voluntary purchase of this farm on the basis of payment in land bonds were unsuccessful.The property was subsequently sold by public auction but, as the provision of Section 27, Land Act, 1950, did not apply, a cash offer by the Land Commission was not feasible.