§ Mr. LUNDONasked the Chief Secretary on what grounds the application of Miss Bridget Stokes, of Gurtavalla, Doon, county Limerick, for a pension under the Old Age Pensions Act was rejected; and whether the rejection was due to the local pension committee having received an anonymous letter stating that the woman had a yearly income, which is absolutely false, and that the Local Government Board upheld the pension committee's decision on the same information?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe ground upon which the Committee originally rejected this claim was that they considered the maintenance of Miss Stokes upon her nephew's farm to be worth more than £31 10s. a year. The Local Government Board upheld this decision, but had no knowledge of any anonymous communication.