§ Mr. MEAGHERasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can explain the reason for the delay on the part of the Treasury in paying the claims of the clerks of the different pension committees and sub-committees in Ireland under the Old Age Pension Act; and whether he is aware that there have been no payments made in the county Kilkenny to the clerks appointed under the Act?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEIn answer to the first part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to my answer to a similar question put by the hon. Member for Kilkenny City on Monday, the 1st ultimo. The clerks of the Kilkenny committee and sub-committee, to whom the second part of the question relates, have now been paid.