asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state why a blind pension granted by the Dungarvan Sub-Committee to James Flynn, Ballyknock Lower, Dungarvan, is being withheld.

The Dungarvan Rural Pension Sub-Committee on the 1st instant allowed the claim of James Flynn, Ballyknock Lower, Dungarvan, to a pension of 10/- a week under the Blind Persons Act, 1920. The Pension Officer has appealed, and it will be necessary before a decision is given that the Medical Inspector should examine the claimant's eyesight.

There will be no avoidable delay in making the medical examination.