asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will consider the granting of a pension to the widow of James Byrne, Ballymacarberry, Co. Waterford, who served as auxiliary postman for 27 years, and who died on 26th October, 1926, leaving a widow and two children in straitened circumstances.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - CO. WATERFORD PENSION CLAIM.
Service in a part-time capacity is not pensionable under the Superannuation Acts, and I regret that it is not in the power of my Department to grant Mr. Byrne's widow a pension.
I should perhaps add that the maximum compassionate grant was made to Mrs. Byrne out of the special fund at my disposal.
In view of the circumstances of the case, could not the Parliamentary Secretary increase the grant?
I have no power to increase the grant. I made the maximum grant.