To ask the President what department of the present Government, if any, is charged with the responsibility of looking after the interests of members of the I.R.A. who were wounded or disabled during the period prior to the Truce of July, 1921; further, whether his attention has been called to the case of Lieutenant Michael Dolan, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe, who was severely wounded during the taking of the R.I.C. Barracks, at Aughrim, Co. Galway, in July, 1920, and is still disabled, and whether he will consider the advisability of making immediate arrangements so that this Volunteer Officer may have proper provision made for suitable medical treatment.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - DISABLED SOLDIERS—CO. GALWAY CASE.
TOMAS O CONAILL
The question of providing compensation for people who have suffered injuries at the hands of the British forces in the late war is at present under consideration by the Government, and it is hoped to make an announcement on the subject at an early date. I have ascertained that as a temporary measure pending the settlement of compensation in the case of Lieutenant Michael Dolan, the White Cross Association has already undertaken to bring him to Dublin for suitable medical treatment, and to provide for him during convalescence. The Association is ready and most anxious to assist him.