asked the Minister for Finance whether he will state (a) the number of persons in receipt of old age pensions in the Saorstát; (b) the cost of blind pensions for the year ending the 31st December, 1929; and (c) the total number of persons over 70 years of age in the Saorstát.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Old Age and Blind Pensions.
(a) The number of persons in receipt of old age pensions in the Saorstát as at 31st December, 1929, was 115,666; (b) £70,033 approximately; (c) 170,468 as at 18th April, 1926, the date of the last census. No later figures are available.