I move:—
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £10 chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1929, chun Pinsin Chréachta agus Mhíábaltachta, Liúntaisí agus Aiscí fé sna hAchtanna Arm-Phinsean, 1923 agus 1927, agus chun síntiúisí agus costaisí iolardha mar gheall ar a Riara san agus chun Pinsin d'íoc fé Acht na bPinsean Seirbhíse Mileata, 1924.
That a sum not exceeding £10 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1929, for Wound and Disability Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities under the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, and for sundry contributions and expenses in respect of the administration thereof and to pay Pensions under the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924.
This is a sum of £10 as a token Vote for money that was expended during the two years, 1923-24 and 1925-26. There was a Wound Pensions Act passed in 1923 and certain applicants under that Act, who were wounded men, and who had applied for pensions, had to come to Dublin. It was necessary, both in their own interest and in the interest of diminishing the amount of the pension that they would be due to receive, to give them medical treatment in St. Bricin's Hospital. There was no provision in the Estimate in these years for that treatment, and the expenditure under that head was disallowed by the Public Accounts Committee. Therefore, the sum expended will be met out of savings in the current year, with the exception of this token £10. The Supplementary Estimate is brought in arising out of the Public Accounts Committee's decision that it was not covered in the Estimates for these years and that it should be covered now.
