§ Mr. THOMAS F. SMYTHasked why Hugh Maguire, of Killameen, Corrawallen, Carrigallen, county Leitrim, is not receiving the full amount of the old age pension, his allowance being only 4s. per week; and, as the rest of his small farm is only £2 5s. yearly, will his case be reconsidered, with a view to granting him the full pension of 5s. per week?
§ Mr. CHERRYThe facts are as stated in the first part of the question. The Local Government Board allowed the appeal of the pension officer against the decision of the sub-committee granting Hugh Maguire a pension of 5s. a week on the ground that, in their opinion, the income from claimant's farm of 12 acres exceeded £21 a year. The Board have no power to reconsider the decision given, even assuming that there were any grounds for so doing.