asked the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that five persons, viz.:—John Ward (40), labourer, 30 Railway Street—gunshot wound in right leg; Thomas Flanagan (38), labourer, 33 Railway Street—bullet wound through right thigh; Patrick Farrelly (34), labourer, 86 Railway Street —superficial wounds in right leg; Patrick Hickey (32), labourer, 38 Lower Gloucester Street—gunshot wounds in right thigh; Minnie M'Coy, a schoolgirl of 14, of 26 Waterford Street—superficial gunshot wounds in the abdomen, were wounded by National Soldiers firing at an escaping prisoner in Railway Street on 19th May last; whether compensation has been refused to the sufferers, and if he will take steps to have their cases considered and reasonable compensation paid.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - THE SHOOTING OF CIVILIANS IN RAILWAY STREET.
replying for Minister for Finance: I have been asked by the Minister for Finance to answer this question.
The only person in respect of whom an application for compensation has been received is Patrick Hickey. The circumstances of the shooting as a result of which he was wounded and the question. of compensation are still under consideration.