I beg to move:
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £126,439 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, 1932, chun Pinsin Chréachta agus Mhí-ábaltachta, Pinsin Fhear Pósta, Liúntaisí agus Aiscí (Uimh. 26 de 1923 agus Uimh. 12 de 1927) agus chun síntiúisí agus costaisí iolardha ina dtaobh san agus chun Pinsin Seirbhíse Mileata d'íoc (Uimh. 48 de 1924).
That a sum not exceeding £126,439 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1932, for Wound and Disability Pensions, Married Pensions, Allowances and Gratuities (No. 26 of 1923 and No. 12 of 1927) and for sundry contributions and expenses in respect there of and to pay Military Service Pensions (No. 48 of 1924).
This Vote covers the activities of the various Pensions Acts from 1923 to 1927. With regard to the Military Service Pensions Acts, the only operation I have now to deal with is to make certain alterations in the way of knocking names out when the recipient of a pension dies or incurs the penalty of having the pension forfeited. There is in that case no further issue of such pension. The only positive change would be in the case of a man to whom a pension had been allotted when he was in the Army and who had left the Army. In the case of wounds and disability pensions, that work is almost finished now. Practically every case has been dealt with, and the arrangement is that the Board shall meet once a month.
There is one new sub-head in connection with which I do not think there will be much discussion. We make provision under sub-head I for a grant in exceptional circumstances to a person who is the son of a signatory of the Proclamation issued on Easter Monday, 1916, and who has passed the statutory age limit for the receipt of allowances under the Army Pensions Act. There is very little variation in the amount. There is a decrease of £7,777 as compared with last year. That comes mostly under sub-heads A, B and J. The numbers provided under sub-heads A and B show an increase compared with the previous year, but it was not found necessary, with the exception of £304 under sub-head B, to make provision for arrears as in former years.