§ Mr. LARDNERasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that an old age pension was refused to Mary Brady, of Carrickmacross, county Monaghan, on the grounds that she was not seventy years of age; whether he will state what evidence there was of her age; and whether any inspection was made of the Census, or whether any inquiries were made as to the statements put forward by her in support of her contention that she had attained the statutory age?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThis woman's claim was disallowed on the ground that she failed to show she was seventy years of age. The Census Returns were examined for a record of her age without any result and full inquiries made into the statements put forward by her.