asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state, with reference to an application for a travel permit made on the 19th December, 1945, by Patrick O'Neill, Shangarry, Myshall, County Carlow, to the sergeant in charge of the Gárda Síochána at Myshall, (a) when the application was received by his Department; (b) what decision was made on the application; and (c) whether, and if so, when, such decision was conveyed to the applicant.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Carlow Travel Permit Application.
As the Deputy is no doubt aware, travel permits for the purpose of emigrating to employment may not be granted, under the measures in force for the control of emigration, to persons in employment or for whom employment is available in this country. On the 12th November last, Mr. Patrick O'Neill, Shangarry, Myshall, notified at my Department's local office, Muinebeg, his desire to go to work in Great Britain, representing that he was unemployed. On this understanding facilities to obtain such work and to apply for a travel permit were afforded him on the 4th December last. Upon application for a travel permit at his local Gárda station on the 19th December, it transpired that he was in local agricultural employment and thus ineligible to receive emigration facilities.