§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state whether the committee clerks under the Old Age Pensions Act for county Cavan have been paid their salaries due to them since 31st March last; if not, when will the same be paid; and is this delay exceptional in the case of county Cavan?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe accounts of the County Cavan Pension Committee and sub-committees for the quarter ended the 31st December, 1908, were sent in more than three months after the prescribed date. Fees were claimed for dealing with 6,032 claims, and as the number reported by the pension officers to have been dealt with was less than this, inquiry was made into the discrepancy. The true number is now shown to be 5,736. The payment of the account for the following quarter has been delayed pending the inquiries. The case of Cavan is exceptional.