Conclusion

The committee which was set up to investigate claims made by ex. R.I.C. men, set in motion a number of legislative protections for men who had lost incomes and pensions as a result of their action during the War of Independence.
The Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923 was an Act which made provision for the superannuation of and payment of pensions, allowances and gratuities to, or in respect of, certain persons in the service of Saorstát Éireann, and to authorise the payment of pensions, allowances, and gratuities to certain former members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions order 1924 Statutory Rules and Orders. 1924. No. 9, was an Order by the Minister for Finance dated 10th January 1924 made in pursuance of Section 5 (1) of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923, authorising the grant of pensions, etc. to certain persons who resigned or were dismissed from the Royal Irish Constabulary on or after the first day of April 1916, and before the sixth day of December, 1921, and whose resignations or dismissals from that Force were certified under the hands of the Ministers for Home affairs and Finance to have been caused by their national sympathies.