asked the Minister for Defence if he will expedite payment of separation allowance to Mrs. Mary Hayden, Fair Green, Mullingar, on behalf of her son, Sergeant Hayden, at present serving in Cork.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - MULLINGAR SOLDIER'S SEPARATION ALLOWANCE.
Mrs. Hayden's claim was disallowed after due investigation, and she was so informed on the 23rd March, 1923. It was found that the amount normally contributed by her son to his home, over and above the cost of his own maintenance therein for a reasonable period prior to enlistment, was less than the minimum required by the Regulations, 12s. per week, before an allowance might be issued.