§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the Rebellion (Victims) Committee will make their final award; if he is aware that a number of claims have not yet been decided; and when the relatives of the boy Coade who was shot by Captain Colthurst may expect to hear the decision of their claim?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Rebellion (Victims) Committee will probably complete its work this week. In a few cases the reports of the Committee are under consideration and a decision has not been reached. In the case last mentioned the decision of the Government has been communicated to the boy's father.
Mr. NUGENTasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if an award has been made on a claim submitted to the Rebellion (Victims) Committee on behalf of Mrs. Conolly, widow of the late Peter Conolly, killed by the military in North King Street during the rebellion, and if an award has been made will he state why there has been no payment of the same; is he aware that Peter Conolly was one of those taken away by the military and afterwards found murdered and partly buried in a cellar of a house in North King Street after the military had been withdrawn; and if he is aware that the widow has a large family of small children, none of them able to earn anything, and is at present in great distress to support herself and children?
§ Mr. DUKEThe Committee has recently made its report on this case. A decision will be arrived at as soon as possible.