HC Deb 23 November 1908 vol 196 cc1800-1
CAPTAIN DONELAN (Cork, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can say why the deductions made from the pensions of naval and military inmates of Irish district asylums, on account of the rate-in-aid, are retained by the Paymaster General, and consequently accrue to the benefit of the Exchequer.

MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Cork County, N.E.)

I beg also to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can say why the deductions made from the pensions of naval and military inmates of Irish districts asylums, on account of rate-in-aid, are retained by the Paymaster General, and consequently accrue to the benefit of the Exchequer.

MR. HOBHOUSE

The deductions in question accrue to the benefit of the Exchequer in virtue of the provisions of Section 7 (2) of the Superannuation Act of 1887.

CAPTAIN DONELAN

Why are not these deductions supplied to Irish purposes seeing that the Irish taxpayers contribute to the pensions.

MR. HOBHOUSE

was understood to reply that they went into the general Exchequer.