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Payments out of the Trust Fund to certain persons.
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13.—(1) The Board, in its absolute discretion, may from time to time make out of the Trust Fund payments of such amount as the Board thinks fit to any person who is a qualified person.
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(2) Any moneys paid by the Board under this section to any person shall not be capable of being taken in execution or otherwise alienated by process of law for the payment of any liability or debts of that person.
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(3) In this section—
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the expression “the Forces” means the following military bodies—
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(a) Oglaigh na hEireann (The Irish Republican Army),
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(b) The Irish Volunteers,
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(c) The Irish Citizen Army,
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(d) Fianna Eireann,
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(e) The Hibernian Rifles,
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(f) Cumann na mBan,
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the expression “the critical period” means the period commencing on the 1st day of April, 1916, and ending on the 11th day of July, 1921;
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the expression “qualified person” means any person being, in the opinion of the Board—
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(a) a person who is in needy circumstances and who, as a member of the Forces, gave service in the National Cause at any time during the critical period, or
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(b) a person who is in needy circumstances arising directly or indirectly out of his efforts in support of the activities of the Forces or out of his service in the National Cause at any time during the critical period, or
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(c) a person who is in needy circumstances and who—
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(i) is a dependant of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this definition, or
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(ii) at the time of the death of a person who as a member of the Forces, gave service in the National Cause at any time during the critical period was a dependant of such person, or
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(iii) were it not for the death of a person who, as a member of the Forces, gave service in the National Cause at any time during the critical period might reasonably expect to be assisted or maintained by such person, or
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(iv) at the time of the death of a person who at such time was in needy circumstances arising directly or indirectly out of his efforts in support of the activities of the Forces or out of his service in the National Cause at any time during the critical period was a dependant of such person.
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