asked the Minister for Defence if he will state when it is proposed to pay the claim of Mr. John Digan, Tullamore, from whom the Military Authorities commandeered a house from the 9th August, 1922, to the 30th March, 1923, for which the Government Assesor fixed the rent at £60 per annum, exclusive of dilapidation during occupation, and whether he is aware that Mr. Digan, acting on the written authority of the Battalion Quartermaster, Portlaoighise, put the house in repair when the Military left, and furnished the contractors' bill and engineer's specification to the Secretary of Office of Public Works, to ask if payment will be expedited.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - TULLAMORE CLAIM AGAINST MILITARY.
The Commissioners of Public Works are responsible for dealing with claims of the kind. They hope, I understand, to be in a position to settle Mr. Digan's claim at an early date.