§ 79. Mr. NEWMANasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the monthly meeting of the county Meath Insurance Committee, held at Navan, on the 8th instant, when a telegram was dispatched to the Insurance Commissioners stating that, owing to lack of funds, the committee must decline all applications for sanatorium benefit, and remove patients then in sanatorium; and whether he will state what action the Commission have decided on in order to give insured persons the benefits for which they are called on to make contribution?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am informed that the telegram referred to was sent by the committee through a misunderstanding of a communication they had received from the Irish Insurance Commissioners. The Commissioners at once explained the situation and informed the committee that money would be available to pay for the treatment of insured persons and their dependants through sanatoria and dispensaries.