asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware that Private Thomas Martin, who joined the National Army at Edenderry on the 1st October, 1922, and who was killed by the accidental discharge of a comrade's rifle at Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, on the 16th January, 1923, was the only support of his father, Laurence Martin, of Drehid, Carbury, Co. Kildare, who is an invalid, and whether the Minister will favourably consider the granting of a gratuity in the case.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - KINGSCOURT (CO. CAVAN) FATALITY.
The Ministry is aware that Mr. Martin relied to some extent for his support on his son Thomas. A claim for a gratuity is receiving sympathetic consideration.