asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware that Mrs. Annie Flynn, Grogan, Ballycumber, Offaly, has claims outstanding since April, May and June, 1921, to the amounts of £10 17s 5d., £20 18s. 7d. and £8 9s. 6d., respectively, for goods supplied to the Military Authorities, which claims have been certified correct by the Commandant at the time and handed to the Claims Office, Custume Barracks, Athlone; furthermore, that these were forwarded to the Claims Department, M. Block, Portobello Barracks, about last March, and that Mrs. Flynn was informed by that Department, on the 17th April last, that same would be paid her in a fortnight, and, as she has heard nothing about the matter since, whether he can give an undertaking that she will be paid in the near future.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - OUTSTANDING ARMY CLAIMS.
The claims in question relate to a period prior to the Truce. The position at that time was that responsibility for discharging any liabilities incurred rested on local Volunteer authorities. Claims of the period cannot be paid out of funds voted by the Dáil for the maintenance of the Army. The general question as to what extent and from what funds any of those claims may be settled has yet to get consideration. Pending a decision Mrs. Flynn's claims cannot be given further consideration.