asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state what were the grounds of his determination that John Kirwan, of 9 Oulster Lane, Drogheda (Pension Officers' Register No. 1736), is not entitled to a pension under the Blind Persons Act, 1920, in view of the facts that the claimant's blindness has been certified by a local medical practitioner and that the local Pension Committee passed the claim.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - BLIND PENSION CLAIM (DROGHEDA).
TOMAS MAC EOIN
This claim to a pension under the Blind Persons Act was disallowed on appeal on the 7th April last on the ground that the claimant does not fulfil the statutory condition of blindness.