§ Mr. J. P. FARRELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether it is proposed, either by way of fee or a grant in respect of expenses, to give pension committee clerks in Ireland some remuneration for the additional work put upon them in respect of the increased grant proposed to be given to old age pensioners in Ireland; whether he is aware that already nearly 100,000 claims have been received from intending beneficiaries under this scheme; and, as these clerks already get only a small remuneration for their Services, will he undertake to look into their claim for some recompense now?
Mr. McKINNON WOODA circular is about to be issued setting out the scale of remuneration which will be paid to clerks of local pension committees in respect of their work in connection with additional allowances to old age pensioners. I have no exact information as to how many claims to these allowances have so far been made, but they no doubt will be numerous.