Johnson, Thomas

Thursday, 28 September 1922

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 1 No. 14

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THE PRESIDENT'S MOTION. - CLAUSES 1 AND 2 MOVED.

Can the Minister give us the date of the official notification of the change in the Army Council? Since the death of the late Commander-in-Chief there was a vacancy of course. I understand, if I am ...More Button

Will that supersede the Council of Three?More Button

Can we speak of the Army Council as existing when no official announcement has been given?More Button

THE PRESIDENT'S MOTION. - CLAUSE 3

I beg to move as an amendment. At the end of paragraph (a) Clause 3 (Military Court or Committee shall include as a member) to add the words “who shall be President of the Court.” The intention is t...More Button

The proposals themselves promise that there shall be more than one member of the Court; the President is merely the President of the Court; and that that Court shall include not more than one person ...More Button

But even he, not having that legal knowledge and legal training, allowed himself to say, in the cool of a court, that if he had known that a particular individual had been guilty of a particular act, ...More Button

We want to try to guard against that; and I want to protest against a suggestion that has been made that it is out of our regard for the Irregulars and their acts. It is out of regard for the good na...More Button

The enquiry into the death of General Adamson.More Button

MOTION—MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS.

I do not know what was the idea of pressing forward a discussion for Civil Administration in particular. I gathered that it was expected that it would be rather a general discussion on matters affect...More Button

I take it that then the discussion on the matter of Civil Administration is deferred to another day.More Button

I would like to say how greatly I appreciate the speech that the President has just made. I think I can say I agree with every word of it. I believe, in the circumstances that face us, no one who has...More Button

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