asked the Minister for Local Government whether he is aware that the old age pension of 6/- per week granted by the Bandon Pension Committee to John Trahy, Watergate Street, Bandon, was, on appeal, disallowed on the grounds that Trahy's wife carries on business in a licensed house; whether he is aware that the proceeds of the business would not suffice to support one person; whether Mrs. Trahy has also to support her daughter, and whether he will have the case further investigated with a view to allowing this claim.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - BANDON OLD AGE PENSION CLAIM.
Mr. John Trahy, Watergate Street, Bandon, claimed an old age pension and was allowed, on the 29th September last, a pension of 6/- a week by the Bandon North Pension Sub-Committee. An appeal was lodged for a higher rate by the claimant, and also one by the Pension Officer against a grant of any pension. The means consist of the profits of a licensed house at Whitegate Street, Bandon, and £13 a year in respect of a son killed in the European War. The question at issue was limited to the estimate of the profits from the licensed house. The Pension Officer, in his report, estimated the profits at £100 a year, and he furnished details of the sales. The claimant did not furnish an alternative estimate, but stated that no allowance had been made for daughter's help in the shop.
£100 a year appeared to be a very moderate estimate of the profit from the sales, even after a reasonable allowance for the daughter's services, and the claim to a pension was accordingly disallowed on the 27th ultimo. A further inquiry does not seem necessary, as the main facts are not in dispute.