asked the Minister for Finance if he would expedite the issue of the £400 award granted to Keating's Creameries, Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry, by the Compensation (Ireland) Commission.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - KERRY CREAMERY COMPENSATION AWARDS.
SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH
Inquiry has been made at the offices of the Compensation (Ireland) Commission, and it has been ascertained that final issue of the award referred to by the Deputy has necessarily been postponed for the present pending adjustment of a question of costs. Payment cannot, of course, be made until the award is received in my Department from the Commission.
SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the cause of the delay in making an award upon the claim of the Ardfert Co-operative Dairy Society, Co. Kerry, for compensation arising out of the injury to its business sustained in the pre-Treaty period, and whether he can state when the award will be issued.
Enquiry has been made at the offices of the Compensation (Ireland) Commission, and it has been ascertained that the claim referred to by the Deputy is at present under investigation, and that an award may be expected at an early date.