asked the Minister for Defence whether he is aware that Private Michael Cleary, Army No. 11695, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Naas Barracks, attested 3rd July, 1922, was discharged from the Army as medically unfit on 10th July, 1923, suffering from a broken leg, sustained on the night of September 2nd, 1922, by his falling off a ladder, in coming down from sentry duty in an elevated post; whether he is aware that the leg was not properly set; that Cleary was perfectly sober at the time, and that the ladder was defective; whether the Ministry will expedite payment of a wound pension, as this man is disabled and in very poor circumstances?
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - DISABLED KILDARE SOLDIER.
Private Cleary sustained a fractured ankle on the 2nd September, 1922, through falling from a ladder, and was discharged from the Army medically unfit on the 5th July, 1923. I am advised that the ladder was defective, and that Cleary was sober at the time of the accident, but I am not aware that Cleary's leg was not properly set after his admission to hospital.
Consideration of the question of compensation under the Army Pensions Act, 1923, will be expedited as much as possible.