asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state why the full pension of £45 16s. 8d. stated to have been granted by the County Meath Board of Health to Jane Clarke, ex-maternity nurse, Forge House, Stamullen, Co. Meath, is not being paid; if he is aware that the arrears of pension for the past three years amount to £22 10s. 0d., and whether he will direct that this amount be paid.

On the 28th of November, 1923, the Meath County Board of Health voted a superannuation allowance in this case of £45 16s. 8d. My consent was accorded under seal on the 19th of December, 1923, and a copy of it was forwarded to the County Board of Health on the 22nd of that month. I have no information that the allowance is not being paid or that any arrear is outstanding.