§ Mr. JAMES O'KELLYasked why an old man named Thomas Muldreid has been refused a pension on account of assigning a small farm to his son, although the farm is in the occupation of the son, seeing that the old man is unable to do anything with it, and that the farm is at Rahula, county Roscommon, annual value £4 9s. 3d.; and whether his annual income is officially estimated at £34; and, if so, how was this estimate arrived at?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI would refer the hon. Member to the provisions of Section 4 (3) of the Old Age Pensions Act 1908. The holding assigned by Thomas Muldreid comprises twenty-six acres of good land, and carried, besides crops, two cows and their calves, five yearlings and other stock, the profits on which were estimated to exceed £31 10s. per annum.