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Assessment and payment of indemnity in certain cases.
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6.—(1) An Executive Minister may refer to the committee established under this Act any claim for indemnification or recoupment made not later than three months after the passing of this Act by a person who alleges that a judgment, order, or decree was made by a court of competent jurisdiction in Saorstát Eireann for payment by him of damages, compensation, or other moneys in respect of any act, matter, or thing done by him after the 21st day of January, 1919, and before the 28th day of June, 1922, in the proper exercise or execution of any power, duty or authority vested in or imposed on him by virtue of any office held by him under the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann or his employment in any military or civil service established or maintained by or under the authority of the First Dáil Eireann or the Second Dáil Eireann.
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(2) The said committee shall inquire into all claims referred to them pursuant to this section and shall report to the Executive Minister whether the allegations made by the person making the claim are or are not true, and the sum (if any) which might reasonably be paid to such person in indemnification against his liability under the judgment, order, or decree on which his claim is founded or in recoupment of any sums paid by him under such judgment, order, or decree.
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(3) Where the said committee reports that a sum might reasonably be paid to a person in such indemnification or recoupment as aforesaid the Minister for Finance may, out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas, pay to such person for such indemnification or recoupment such sum as the Minister for Finance thinks proper but not exceeding the sum mentioned in the report of the committee.
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