asked the Minister for Agriculture whether or not the Doyle Estate, Cappagh, Inistioge, County Kilkenny, is in the possession of the Land Commission; the amount of land in this estate that is available for redistribution; the price paid by the Land Commission for this estate; and the reasons the estate was acquired by the Land Commission in the first instance.

This estate of 44 hectares was purchased by the Land Commission for general land settlement purposes. The price paid is confidential. Every effort is being made to dispose of the estate as quickly as possible.