asked the Minister for Defence when the owners of motor lorries are to be compensated for lorries requisitioned by the National Army, as a considerable number of owners have received no payment for the use of same or damage thereto.
CEISTEANNA.—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - REQUISITIONED MOTOR LORRIES.
A Committee appointed for the assessment of claims for compensation in respect of requisitioned motor vehicles is disposing of those claims as fast as possible, but many difficulties, due to the turmoil through which the country has passed and to the inflation of claims are being experienced in the establishment of facts.
Steps are now being taken to strengthen the personnel of the Committee and its staff, so that the very necessary investigations can be carried out on the spot, in the various districts. In that way it is confidently expected that practically all claims in respect of requisitioned vehicles will be disposed of by the end of the financial year.
Might I ask the Minister whether I could have a list of the personnel?
Certainly; I will forward it to-day.