§ Mr. FLAVINasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Edmund Buckley, Ballyhorgan, Lixnaw, has applied for an old age pension; whether he is aware that his elder brother, Dan Buckley, was horn 11th January, 1840, and his younger brother, Thomas Buckley, 13th June, 1843; and whether, seeing that the applicant was born between the ages of his two brothers, and also seeing that there are two years, 1841 and 1842, missing from the 1691W parish register, which accounts for the absence of his birth certificate, the Local Government Board will grant the pension, as local evidence can be given as to his being over seventy years?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe ages of Edmund Buckley's two brothers appear to be as stated in the question, and the Local Government Board are having inquiries made with a view to ascertaining the claimant's relative position in his family.
§ Mr. FLAVINasked the Chief Secretary whether Deborah Holly, Ballyconry, Liselton, has applied for an old age pension; whether he is aware that there is no record of her birth in the parish register or Census Office; whether the local committee have passed her claim; whether applicant has sworn an affidavit before Mr. Flavin, J.P., Listowel, that she is over seventy years; and whether he can state what are the grounds on which the Local Government Board have refused the applicant's pension?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe facts are as stated in the question. Deborah Holly's claim was disallowed for want of satisfactory evidence that she was seventy years of age.