§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland on what grounds Mary Diggin, Mountain Stage, Glenbeigh, has been deprived of the old age pension for which she applied, in view of the fact that full particulars of her family were furnished as well as the date of her own marriage; and whether she is to be deprived of her pension on the ground that her age could not be found in the Census Returns?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis woman's claim for pension was disallowed by the Local Government Board as the particulars furnished, including a certificate showing that she was married in the year 1869, were not sufficient to establish that she had reached the statutory age. The reply to the second paragraph of the question is in the negative.