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Dáil Éireann - Volume 59 - 20 November, 1935 Order of Business. Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge: It is proposed to take the business as on the Order Paper. Item 4, Conditions of Employment Bill, 1935; item 5, Expiring Laws Bill; item 6, Labourers Bill, and item 7, Courts of Justice Bill, inclusive. Public business will be interrupted at 9 o'clock to take Private Deputies' Business. Mr. Dockrell Mr. Dockrell Mr. Dockrell: When is it proposed to circulate the Insurance Bill, 1935, item No. 9, on the Order Paper? Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: To-morrow. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: In view of the fact that we are not sitting on Fridays, is the Minister for Justice in a position to say when the Government proposes to ask the House to adjourn for the Christmas recess or whether in order to adjourn earlier he will arrange to have Friday sittings in future? Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge: I do not know that it would expedite the Christmas adjournment very much to sit on Fridays, but if the Deputy will repeat that question next week I may be able to give him a definite reply. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon 1074 Mr. Dillon: Perhaps the Minister will remember that I asked a similar question [1074] last week and the courteous Vice-President asked me to repeat it this week. I am now asked by the Minister for Justice to repeat it next week, and if I repeat it next week I may probably be told by the courteous Minister for Justice to repeat it the following week. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: If the Deputy inquiries from the Whips of his own Party he will know that there is a regular procedure for dealing with these matters. Mr. MacDermot Mr. MacDermot Mr. MacDermot: Why have Friday sittings been abandoned? Mr. Davin Mr. Davin Mr. Davin: Will the Minister for Industry and Commerce say why it is that while this Insurance Bill was circulated more than a week ago to interested parties copies of the Bill had not been supplied to Deputies beforehand? Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: The Deputy's information on that matter may not be correct. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: I dare to say that the Deputy's information is correct. I have seen one of these copies myself. I was not supposed to see it, but it was circulated to parties outside the House. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: The Deputy has not seen the Bill. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: Yes, on a piece of white paper. Mr. MacEntee Mr. MacEntee Mr. MacEntee: The Bills are circulated on green paper. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: It is a scandalous thing and a gross disrespect to the House to circulate an instrument of this sort to parties outside the House before Deputies have seen it. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: That Bill has not been circulated as yet to anybody. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: It has been circulated to at least half-a-dozen parties. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: The Deputy is quite wrong. The Bill has not been circulated. What he refers to is a different document. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave 1075 [1075] Mr. Cosgrave: A Bill has been circulated. Is that the Bill that is to be circulated to Deputies to-morrow? Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: Wait and see. The Bill has not been circulated. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: It was circulated to England. What Bill did the Minister circulate to the insurance companies then? Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: That has nothing to do with the Deputy. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: The Minister has circulated a Bill to interested parties. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: I am entitled to consult anyone I like. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: The Minister introduced a measure here more than a week ago and it is put down for Second Reading. He has had that Bill circulated to his British friends. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: The Deputy has stated, as usual, something that is mean, malicious and untrue. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: In view of the Minister's statement that the Bill will be circulated to-morrow, is it the intention to push the Bill through the House before Christmas? Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: I do not propose to express any opinion on that matter at this stage. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: The Minister has to make up his mind about it yet. Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass Mr. Lemass: I would find that a lot easier than the Deputy. Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave Mr. Cosgrave: The Minister pretends to be at war with them, but he circulates amongst his friends his special secrets. Dáil Éireann 59 Order of Business. General Debate 19351120
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