asked the Minister for Finance whether it would be possible to advance Edward Grace, a shopkeeper in Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare, some of the £500 claimed by him for damage and loss sustained during the movements of the Irregulars in the Wicklow-Kildare area, between June 30th, 1922, when a motor lorry was taken from him at Brittas, Co. Kildare, and various dates in July and September, 1922, when many articles of food and provisions were taken from his shop in Ballymore Eustace.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. [ORAL ANSWERS.] - CO. KILDARE SHOPKEEPER'S LOSSES—QUESTION OF COMPENSATION.
Various applications for compensation from Mr. Grace are at present under consideration, but pending the hearing and substantiation of these claims in Court, I regret that an advance cannot be authorised. Every effort is being made to expedite the hearing of these and other claims under the Damage to Property Acts.