asked the Minister for Defence if he will state in respect of each of the years 1954-55 and 1955-56 (a) the number of military service certificates issued, and (b) the number of cases (i) heard by the Referee and board and rejected after hearing of oral evidence on appeal, (ii) rejected without hearing on grounds that prima facie evidence was insufficient to warrant a hearing on appeal, and (iii) rejected in which no notification of the decision has yet been issued; further, if he will state the number of new claims made since 1954 under the Military Service Pensions Acts, the number of certificates granted and rejected in each of the years mentioned, and the number of cases still pending.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Military Service Pensions.
Major de Valera
As the reply to the question is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
The information required is as follows:—
|
Year |
1954/55 |
1955/56 |
Total |
|
(a) Number of Military Service Certificates issued |
186 |
338 |
524 |
|
(b)(i)Number of cases heard by the Board of Assessors and Referee and rejected after hearing of oral evidence on appeal |
483 |
629 |
1,112 |
|
(ii) Number of cases rejected without hearing by the Board of Assessors and Referee on the grounds that prima facie evidence was insufficient to warrant a hearing on appeal |
58 |
126 |
184 |
|
(iii) Number of cases rejected by the Board of Assessors and Referee, in which notification of the decision has not yet been issued |
— |
— |
Nil |
|
(c) Number of applications received from persons who had not previously applied under the Acts of 1924 or 1934 and which have been submitted to the Board of Assessors and Referee:— |
|||
|
1924 Act |
141 |
84 |
225 |
|
1934 Act |
635 |
216 |
851 |
|
(d) Number of Military Service Certificates issued in respect of new applications made following the enactment of the Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1949:— |
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|
1924 Act |
20 |
38 |
58 |
|
1934 Act |
30 |
60 |
90 |
|
(e) Number of new applications made following the enactment of the Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1949, which were rejected by the Board of Assessors and Referee:— |
|||
|
1924 Act |
247 |
226 |
473 |
|
1934 Act |
802 |
728 |
1,530 |
|
(f)Number of new applications made following the enactment of the Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1949, which were still under consideration as on the 31st October, 1956, by the Board of Assessors and Referee:— |
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|
1924 Act |
— |
— |
63 |
|
1934 Act |
— |
— |
303 |
It would not be possible to ascertain from Departmental records the number of Military Service Certificates granted or refused as a result of new applications received in each of the years 1954/55 and 1955/56. The figures at (d), (e) and (f) above are related to the total numbers of new applications received from the date of enactment of the Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1949, to the statutory closing date, the 18th March, 1955.