§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary whether he will have further inquiry made into the claim of Andrew Sullivan, Keelnabrack, Glenbeigh, for an old age pension, in view of the fact that although his baptismal certificate cannot be found, that of his eldest sister, aged seventy-nine, has been found, and that he is the third next to her in the family?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAndrew Sullivan's name did not appear in the Census Return of his parents' family in 1841, and his age is recorded as five years in the return of 1851. It is not open to the Local Government Board to reconsider their decision disallowing the pension in this case.
§ Mr. BOLANDasked the Chief Secretary whether he will have inquiry made into the reasons for withholding an old age pension from Timothy Coffey, of Tubrid, Killorglin, about whose age a statutory declaration was lodged?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Local Government Board upheld the pension officer's appeal on the ground that there was no evidence that Timothy Coffey had reached the statutory age. His parent's family was found in the Census Return of 1841, but as2294W his name did not appear among the members it would seem that he was not then born.