§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Social Security what steps she is taking to ensure that self-employed farmers who suffer from the disease known as farmers' lung can be paid compensation of the kind that is paid to employed persons suffering from the same disease.
§ Mr. LoughlinSelf-employment generally is not insurable under the Industrial Injuries Act and it is not practicable to make an exception for one form of self-employment in respect of one disease. A self-employed person who is incapacitated for work by reason of farmer's lung can, of course, receive sickness benefit under the National Insurance Act.