asked the Minister for Defence whether Mrs. Mary Moloney, Knockore, Newcastle-West, was refused dependent's allowance on behalf of her son, Private James O'Brien, Pay Book No. 13515, who joined the National Army on 23rd August, 1922, and is at present stationed at Castletown-Bere, and, if so, on what grounds.

The claim of Mrs. Moloney was disallowed after due investigation, on the ground that the amount normally contributed by her son to his home over and above the cost of his own maintenance therein for a reasonable period prior to his enlistment, was less than the minimum required by the Regulations, 12s. per week, before an allowance might be issued. Mrs. Moloney was informed accordingly on the 1st August last.