asked the Minister for Defence if he will state the number of persons in Cork County Borough who are in receipt of Old I.R.A. pensions under the Military Service Pensions Acts, and the total sum paid to such persons in the last financial year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cork Old I.R.A. Pensions.
The number of persons resident in Cork County Borough who are in receipt of pensions under the Military Service Pensions Acts is 366 and the total amount paid to these persons in the financial year ended on the 31st March, 1955, was £17,927 5s. 2d.