asked the Minister for Defence if he will state the reasons why Private Patrick Carroll, Streamstown, Tagoat, County Wexford, who was discharged from the Defence Forces in 1945, following an accident while on active service, which resulted in ill-health, was refused pension or compensation.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Wexford Ex-soldier's Claim.
Mr. Corish
Ex-Private Patrick Carroll was discharged from the forces, medically unfit for Army service, on 25th August, 1943. He submitted an application under the Army Pensions Act, 1927, for pension in respect of an injury which he claimed to have received in Kildare Barracks in 1942. He was medically examined by the Army Pensions Board in May, 1945. He was found to be suffering from no disability due to injury but was found to be suffering from disability due to disease. No award of pension could be made to him, however, in respect of this disability, as it was not established that it was due to or attributable to his service in the forces during the emergency period.
Patrick Carroll's claim will be reconsidered, however, on the enactment of the Army Pensions Bill, 1946.