asked the Minister for Defence whether he is aware that the six men, hereafter mentioned, were called up on June 30th, 1922, for service in the Army, by Captain Murray, O.C. A Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Brigade, acting on orders of his Superior Officer, and served for various periods for which they received no Army Pay; whether the other soldiers of the Company received full army pay in respect of their services; further, to ask whether the Minister will issue instructions that the men referred to, viz.—William Delaney, Ballrinnet, Carbury—7 days in Trim Barracks; Christopher Kane, Killarney, Moyvalley—7 days in Trim Barracks, and 7 days in Edenderry Barracks; Edward Mooney, Edenderry—14 days in Edenderry; Matthew Gilligan, Killenagh, Carbury, Peter Kennedy, Rahan, Edenderry—11 days in Edenderry Barracks; James Jones, Carrick, Edenderry—20 days in Longwood Barracks; be paid the money owed them.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - ARMY VOLUNTEERS.
So far as is known all volunteers who served in the Company mentioned in July last have been paid. No requests for pay appear to have been received from the men in question. Claim forms have now been issued to them and when those forms have been received properly certified payment will be made.