asked the Minister for Finance if he can state why Mrs. Frances Cavanagh, fish and fruit merchant, Main Street, Birr, Offaly, was sent a Paying Order on January 12th, 1926, for £9 only, in settlement of a claim of £41 17s. 6d. for goods supplied by her to National Army troops from September, 1921, to January, 1922.

The Paying Order referred to by the Deputy represents the full amount of the recommendation received in my Department from the Indemnity Act Committee on portion of the claim for goods supplied referred to them from the Department of Defence. Of the amount of the claim as quoted by the Deputy £26 17s. 4d. is definitely stated to have been already paid by the Army Finance Officer. The residue of the claim which relates to motor hire has not yet been adjudicated upon by the Committee but will, it is expected, come before them at an early date.