Dáil Éireann - Volume 109 - 11 December, 1947

Order of Business.

Mr. MacEntee: As on the Order Paper, business will be taken as follows: Numbers 1, 7, 8, 5 and 6. Should the Statutory Instruments Bill, 1947, and the Libraries Bill be received back from the Seanad with amendments to-day it is proposed to take these after the business as ordered is completed.

An Ceann Comhairle: Seanad Éireann have accepted the Garda Síochána Pensions Bill, 1947, without amendment.

Mr. Norton: No. 8 has been ordered but I have not received a copy of these Estimates and, on making inquiries from other Deputies, I find they are in a similar position. Surely we are not going to be asked to discuss Estimates we have not yet seen.

Mr. MacEntee: I thought they were distributed yesterday.

An Ceann Comhairle: Yes.

Mr. Cosgrave: Not through the post.

Mr. Norton: They did not come through the post. They were not in my envelope this morning and the other Deputies with whom I spoke did not get them either.

Mr. Dillon: I did not get them through the post but from the General Office.

Mr. M.E. Dockrell: They were left on the seats.

[773] Mr. Norton: What time?

Mr. M.E. Dockrell: 8 o'clock.

Mr. Donnellan: Are we adjourning to-night for the Christmas?

Mr. Dillon: Will we sit to-morrow if we do not finish the business?

Mr. MacEntee: Yes, and next week too if the business is not finished.

Mr. M.E. Dockrell: And when will the Industrial Efficiency and Prices Bill be taken?

Mr. Dillon: They have dropped it.

Mr. Norton: It is like the Valuation Bill.