§ Mr. AUGUSTINE ROCHEasked the Chief Secretary why the claim of Mary Lambe, of Dundalk, to an old age pension, 837W which was granted by the local committee, was on appeal refused by the Local Government Board on the ground that her name did not appear in the Census; whether she produced affidavits of men who knew her from infancy to the effect that she is over seventy; and whether in such cases applicants, no matter what their age may be, can ever hope to get pensions?
§ Mr. BIRRELLMary Lambe's claim for a pension was disallowed on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence of her having attained the statutory age, the affidavits referred to not affording such evidence. The onus lies on the claimants to furnish satisfactory proof of age, and in the absence of such proof the Local Government Board have no power to award a pension.