asked the Minister for Health if he will state in respect of County Donegal (a) the number of applications for the £4 maternity grant received by the local authority in the period 1st January, 1954, to 30th June, 1954, (b) the number of applications granted, and (c) the main cause for non-payment of grant.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Donegal Grant Application.
(a) 775; (b) 310 and (c) apart from one application refused because it had not been received within three months of the confinement, refusal was on the ground that the health authority did not regard the applicants as coming within the category of persons, i.e. the lower income group, entitled to the services to be provided under Section 14 of the Health Act, 1953.