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Dáil Éireann - Volume 92 - 15 March, 1944 Committee on Finance. - Motion to Sit Late. Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Eamon O Cíosáin) Eamon Kissane 2473 Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Eamon O Cíosáin): Seeing that this debate has been carried on [2473] much longer than we expected and that the Central Fund Bill has to be passed this week, I think it necessary to move the following motion:— Go suidhfidh an Dáil níos déanaí ná 9.30 p.m. anocht agus go dtógfar Ordú an athló tráth nach déanaí ná 12 a.m. That the Dáil sit later than 9.30 p.m. to-night and that the Order for the adjournment be taken not later than 12 a.m. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: What happens if you do not get the Central Fund Bill by 12 o'clock? Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin: We shall have to sit to-morrow. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: The alternative is to sit to-morrow. I am sure nobody wants to protract the debate unduly but if you are going to fix an hour to-night, and that we are to have recourse to sitting to-morrow if the necessity arises, why not fix a more reasonable hour than midnight for the adjournment, and if the debate is not finished by then adjourn until to-morrow? Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin: That is a matter for the House itself. I am just trying to accommodate the House. Mr. L. Cosgrave Mr. L. Cosgrave Mr. L. Cosgrave: The debate is likely to end before midnight. Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin Eamon O Ciosáin: One never knows in a debate of this kind. Mr. Donnellan Mr. Donnellan Mr. Donnellan: I take it the suggestion is that the House sit until 12 o'clock and that the Minister will rise to reply at about 11 o'clock? Dr. O'Higgins Dr. O'Higgins Dr. O'Higgins: No, that the House will sit until 12 o'clock in the hope that we may finish to-night. If not, we shall have to sit to-morrow. Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon Mr. Dillon: If anyone but the Minister gets up at 11.30, he will be extremely unpopular, but he will be within his Constitutional rights. Question put and agreed to. Dáil Éireann 92 Committee on Finance. Motion to Sit Late. General Debate 19440315
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