asked the Minister for Local Government if he is aware that at a meeting of the Tirconaill Mental Hospital Committee held at Letterkenny on 14th instant, that Dr. Moore, late R.M. Superintendent, and Miss Alexander, retired Matron, were granted their full retiring allowances, viz., £545 8s. 1d. and £80 2s. 4d., respectively, and whether it is intended to sanction those pensions in view of the finding of the recent inquiry held into the administration of the Hospital on 9th October last and the present high rates and acute distress existing in the county?
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - TIRCONAILL MENTAL HOSPITAL SUPERANNUATIONS.
The pensions of officers in Mental Hospitals are regulated by the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act, 1909. The sanction of the Minister for Local Government is not required for such pensions. I have no reason to think that the pensions granted to Dr. Moore and Miss Alexander have not been calculated strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Act.