Dáil Éireann - Volume 29 - 15 May, 1929

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Pension Claims of Irish Volunteers.

Seán O Guilidhe Seán O Guilidhe

1925

Seán O Guilidhe asked the Minister for Defence whether he will state (a) the number of claims for pensions in respect of disease or disability received from persons [1925] certified to have been members of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army and who did not serve in the National Army; (b) the number of such claims already dealt with; and (c) the number of claims disallowed in cases in which the disability was not less than the minimum degree of disablement, and whether these cases will be reconsidered.

Minister for Defence (Mr. Fitzgerald) Desmond FitzGerald

Minister for Defence (Mr. Fitzgerald): The compilation of the information asked for would necessitate an expenditure of time and labour that would not appear to be justified by the result.

Mr. Goulding Mr. Goulding

Mr. Goulding: Would it not be possible in the circumstances to give these cases a more sympathetic hearing?

Mr. Fitzgerald Mr. Fitzgerald

Mr. Fitzgerald: If the Deputy has any individual cases he might give me any information he has about them.

Dáil Éireann 29 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Pension Claims of Irish Volunteers.

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