asked the Minister for Defence whether a bicycle the property of John Waters, Beaupare, County Meath, was commandeered in July, 1921, by a member of the I.R.A. named John Lawlor, who is at present in the National Army, and stationed on the Curragh; whether this bicycle, valued at £13, was captured by British Military on the day following during a battle between that force, and the I.R.A., at Celbridge, Co. Kildare; whether the Minister is aware that John Lawlor, who was then an officer in the I.R.A., guaranteed compensation to John Waters, and whether in view of the fact that Waters is a poor labouring man compensation will be considered and payment made.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - COMPENSATION FOR COMMANDEERED BICYCLE.
The bicycle was taken by Mr. Lawlor and was eventually lost. A claim for compensation should, in the first instance, be sent to the Compensation (Ireland) Commission, College of Science.