§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland can he state on what grounds the claim to an old ago pension by Timothy Shea, High Street, Caherciveen, has been refused; and whether, in view of the evidence submitted in proof of his claim, the case will now be reconsidered?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe only evidence submitted by Shea in support of his claim was a certificate of his marriage in June, 1866. He could not, however, be traced in the 1841 Census Return, and his age was recorded in the 1851 Return as nine years. The Local Government Board accordingly disallowed his claim on the ground that he did not fulfil the statutory condition as to age. It is not open to the Board to reconsider their decisions.