asked the Minister for Finance whether he is aware that Richard Tuite, Edgeworthstown, applied in April, 1927, for Savings Certificates in return for his investments in the Dáil Loan, 1920, and has since applied for them on three different occasions without success; and whether the Minister can state when Savings Certificates are likely to be issued in this case.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - SUBSCRIPTIONS TO DAIL LOAN, 1920 (LONGFORD).
Authority to issue a Savings Certificate to Mr. Richard Tuite, of Edgeworthstown, in respect of his subscription of £10 (ten) to the Dáil Eireann Loan will be given to the Department of Posts and Telegraphs at an early date.
The delay in authorising the issue of the certificate is due to the fact that Mr. Tuite in his original application for repayment claimed to have subscribed £20 (twenty). The claim was repeated in two subsequent communications received from him, and in reply to applications from my Department for the receipt Mr. Tuite stated that the receipt had been lost. Eventually an amended application for the repayment of £10 was received, and as this amount corresponded with the amount recorded in the primary Register of Subscribers, the amended application was passed for repayment.