asked the Minister for Finance if he will state why his Department has not taken steps to repay the subscription of £1 towards Dáil Eireann Loan, subscribed by Mrs. Redmond, Cornwall, Killurin, Co. Wexford.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - DÁIL EIREANN LOAN.
There is no record in my Department of a subscription to the Dáil Eireann (Internal) Loan by Mrs. Redmond, of Cornwall, Killurin, Co. Wexford. Mrs. Redmond applied for repayment in respect of a subscription which she stated that she paid to the Loan, and added that she had a receipt for the amount paid. She was requested on the 8th February, 1926, to transmit this receipt to my Department, but she has not yet done so.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state why his Department has not taken steps to repay the subscription of £5 towards Dáil Eireann Loan, subscribed by William Dooley, Ballyeaton, Glynn, Co. Wexford.
An application has been received in this case, and it is being dealt with in the usual course.
asked the Minister for Finance whether he will state what steps have been taken to refund contributions to Dáil Eireann Loan, 1919-1920, made by D. O'Connell, Ballybranagan, Cloyne; W. J. Dunne, Hotel, Cloyne; Peter Manning, Lahard, Whitegate; Thos. Wall, Ballintray, Whitegate; Ed. Kelly, shopkeeper, Whitegate; Patk. Ahern, Ballintray, Whitegate; Jas. Wall, Inch, Whitegate; Wm. Fitzgerald, Lahard, Whitegate; Wm. Day, Whitegate; Thomas Regan, Lahard, Whitegate; Joseph Hartnett, Ballinrostig, Whitegate; John Garde, Inch, Whitegate; Wm. Butler, Glanturkin, Whitegate; Mrs. Margaret Carey, Inch, Whitegate; Jeremiah O'Sullivan, Trebolgan, Whitegate; Thos. Busteed, Inch, Whitegate; Thos. Roche, Ballyvoloon, Whitegate; Tim Lynch, Ballyvoloon, Whitegate; Patk. Stafford, Ballyvoloon; Arthur Smyth, Ballinrostig; Hector McLean, Whitegate; John Smyth, Rochmond, Whitegate; Maurice Kennedy, Ballybrangan, Cloyne; Ed. Kennedy, Rathcuppage, Cloyne; Tim McCarthy, Ballymacandrock, Cloyne; Wm. Lahive, Ardaragh, Cloyne; Wm. McSweeney, Barrakilla, Rostellan; Tim Shanahan, Rostellan; Mrs. Mary Creedon, Lower Aghada; Patrick Conway, Ardragh, Rostellan; James Walsh, Buckstown, Rostellan; Maurice Cashman, Ballyshane, Cloyne; Edmond Mahony, Ballyvoher, Cloyne; John G. Buckmaster, Lower Aghada; and whether he will state when payments are likely to be made to these subscribers.
asked the Minister for Finance whether he will state what steps have been taken to refund the contributions to Dáil Eireann Loan, 1919-1920, made by John M. Corcoran, Garrylaurence, Clonmult, Midleton; John Walsh, Rathorgan, Clonmult, Midleton; James Magner, Kilcanway, Mallow; W. R. Sweetman, Commons, Cloyne; Timothy Murphy, Main Street, Midleton; M. Drury, Main Street, Midleton; Timothy Griffin, Wilmount Lodge, Cobh; John Fenton, Lower Killacloyne, Carrigtwohill; David O'Brien, Kilbrea, Cloyne; Miss K. Roche, Springhill, Carrigtwohill; Jeremiah Cashman, Killacloyne, Carrigtwohill; Catherine Cuddigan, Church Street, Cloyne; Wm. Spillane, Knocknacrump, Cloyne; James McCarthy, Cloyne; John O'Keeffe, White's Cross, Glanmire; Mrs. John O'Connor, Ballincurrig, Kilavullen, Mallow; W. Holland, Ballybrassil, Cobh; Michael Kelleher, Geraha, Ballinacurra, County Cork; whether he is aware that several of these applicants are now in poor circumstances and are urgently in need of money; and whether he will state when payments are likely to be made to these subscribers.
The investigation which would be necessary to enable me to reply fully to questions Nos. 33 and 34 would involve an amount of time and labour on the part of the staff of my Department which I do not consider would be justified. Applications for repayment in respect of subscriptions to the Dáil Eireann Internal Loan are being dealt with as expeditiously as possible, and the Deputy will appreciate that the process of repayment will be considerably retarded if the energies of the staff engaged on the task are diverted to the collection of information as to the stage which has been reached in the large number of individual cases to which the Deputy refers. The applications of the persons mentioned in the Deputy's questions will be considered in due course.