asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health why a blind persons pension was refused to Mary Sinnott, Ballina, Blackwater, County Wexford.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - WEXFORD BLIND PENSION APPLICATION.
This claim was disallowed on the 2nd of December last on the ground that the claimant did not fulfil the statutory condition as to blindness.
Will the Minister say what are the statutory conditions that were not complied with? What debarred the applicant?
It was the opinion of the inspector who dealt with the case that if suitable glasses were provided her sight would be considerably improved.