So far as I am concerned, I can quite candidly say, speaking in connection with the administration of the Old Age Pension Acts and with an experience of nearly 20 years, that the work carried out in this connection by the officials of the Local Government Department has been carried out in a very efficient and very sympathetic way. If I have any complaint to make, it is in regard to the way in which the Old Age Pension Acts are administered by the Revenue Commissioners. Some time ago the Minister gave us the number of persons in respect of the maximum pension and he also indicated the average pension received, taking into account all who are in receipt of pensions. On that occasion I asked the Minister if he could give me certain information. Perhaps he can do so now. If he cannot give the information at the moment, perhaps he would convey it to me later on. I was anxious to know the number of cases where pensions were passed by local pension committees and subsequently rejected by the Revenue Commissioners as a result of confidential reports made by investigation officers concerning the means of the applicants. In my constituency a considerable number of claims that were passed, granting pensions varying from the maximum down to the smallest amount possible, were rejected by the Revenue Commissioners following reports by the investigation officers regarding the means of the applicants. I happen to know the circumstances of some of those applicants, and I cannot understand how the investigation officers arrived at the figure they calculated for means. I take it they calculate so much for hens on the basis of the number of eggs laid by the hens in the year and subsequently sold to the local shopkeeper. I think the officials responsible for these confidential reports have deprived many deserving applicants of pensions, and they are not interpreting the Old Age Pension Acts in the way in which I believe the Minister would like to see them interpreted.