asked the Minister for Local Government whether he is aware that the claim of Owen Wade, Barrack Hill, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, for an old age pension, although twice passed by the Clonakilty Sub-Pensions Committee, has been disallowed, whether he is aware that claimant is totally blind, and is aged 68 years, and whether he is aware that the claim is a most deserving one, and whether he will state the grounds on which the claim has been disallowed.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - OLD AGE PENSION (CORK).
The claim of Owen Wade, MacCurtain's Hill, Clonakilty, to the pension under the Blind Persons Act has been twice passed by the Clonakilty Pension Sub-Committee. Appeals against the decisions were lodged by the Pension Officer, on the ground of insufficient evidence of blindness.
The first claim was passed by the Sub-Committee on the 11th January, 1923, but was disallowed on the 9th February, 1923, on appeal on the medical evidence then submitted.
The second claim was passed by the Sub-Committee on the 21st September. The appeal, received on the 27th September, is under investigation. A special medical examination of the claimant's eyesight will be made as soon as practicable.
A baptismal certificate has been produced which shows that the claimant was baptised on the 6th June, 1856, and is eligible on age for the blind pension.