asked the Minister for Finance if he will state on what grounds the old age pension was reduced from 9s. to 7s. in the case of Mrs. Catherine Seery, Clara Road, Moate, Westmeath; if he is aware that Mrs. Seery had a pension of £1 per week from the British Government in respect of her son who was killed in the European war; that this latter pension was reduced to 9s. as soon as the applicant became entitled to the old age pension, and whether the old age pension will be increased to the maximum in this case.
WRITTEN ANSWER. - OLD AGE PENSION CLAIM (WESTMEATH).
SEAN O LAIDHIN
Mrs. Seery's old age pension was reduced from 10s. to 6s. a week under the provisions of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924. On account of a reduction in her war pension, Mrs. Seery raised a question on 14th August, 1925, that she was entitled to a higher rate of pension. On the pension officer's recommendation the committee allowed her a pension of 7s. a week, which was the rate appropriate to her means at that date in accordance with the scale set out in the First Schedule to the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924, and which is still the appropriate rate.