DÁIL IN COMMITTEE. - DEPENDANTS' ALLOWANCES.
I asked that in any particular case in which there was grievous distress with regard to dependants' allowances, or any particular district in which there was an unsatisfactory state of affairs with regard to it, that the matter would be referred directly to myself, and I wish that any of those Deputies who find that there is that unsatisfactory state of affairs in any particular case, or in any particular district, would do so. The actual position is that there are a total of 11,557 claims. There are being paid at the present moment in the cases of married soldiers £5,299; in the case of unmarried men £2,222; together with 652 cases in which there are temporary payments being made before final assessment. In 430 cases claims made have been rejected, and there are 2,955 awaiting assessment and investigation.