Captain CRAIGasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that James Doherty, of Ballymoney, in the county of Antrim, enlisted on the 13th November, 1924, and served until he was discharged in Cairo on account of chronic malaria and dysentery; that he then joined the late Royal Irish Constabulary, and was killed in the discharge of his duty near Bundoran, in the county of Donegal; that his father, Hugh Doherty, of Ballymoney, was partially dependent on James Doherty; and, seeing that on the death of James Doherty the father was only allowed the expenses of his son's burial, in view of the partial dependence of Hugh Doherty on his son, can a further sum be alloted to him?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI am aware of the facts of the case, which were carefully considered by the Chief Secretary in 1921. Mr. Doherty was not entitled to any compensation from public funds, and I am afraid I cannot modify the Chief Secretary's decision.