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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 23 Feb 1926

Vol. 14 No. 10

CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - LAND ANNUITY INSTALMENTS.

asked the Minister for Lands and Agriculture whether he is aware that the representative of the late John Morgan, 54/349, was threatened with legal proceedings for the recovery of eight instalments of annuities; that at least receipts for two of these have been traced as having been paid to the solicitor acting for the Land Commission in the month of August, 1923, and whether, in view of these circumstances, he will have inquiries made as to whether further instalments were forwarded to other officials of the Department.

A writ of summons was issued in the name of John Morgan in July last for seven half-yearly instalments, of £18 4s. 3d. each, of land purchase annuity due to 1st May, 1925. It subsequently transpired that two of these instalments had, following the issue of a civil bill, been paid to the Land Commission local solicitor in 1923, but through error the payment had not been reported to the Land Commission. Credit was given accordingly for these two instalments, and the remaining five instalments together with the instalments due 1st November, 1925, have been paid by Mr. Morgan's executor. No other payments were received in the Land Commission.

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