§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary the number of appeals lodged by pension officers against the decisions of local sub-pension committees in the county Cavan during the past twelve months; and, if so, can he say in how many cases the appeals were successful, and the number of cases dismissed?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThree hundred and twenty-two appeals were received by the Local Government Board from pension officers against decisions of pension committees in Cavan county during the year ended 31st December, 1913. Of this number 181 were upheld by the Local Government Board; in 140 cases the Board differed from the pension officer, and the remaining case was not proceeded with as the claimant died shortly after the lodgment of the appeal.