Nagle, Thomas Alexander

Wednesday, 1 July 1925

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 12 No. 17

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I was very much struck by Deputy Good's opening remark and, as he progressed, I was reminded very strongly of a story written by the late Jack London called “The Iron Heel.” I will not take up the ti...More Button

It was Wexford's loss that it did not get it. In the administration of this money, inspectors, sent down to the different areas by the Land Commission, saw that the work that was being done would be ...More Button

I am thankful for the correction, but it does not alter my views in the least. Having been twelve months idle, these men had Hobson's choice: they were compelled willy-nilly to work for reduced wage...More Button

I would suggest to the Minister that it is very likely that a Deputy travelling around his constituency would get more closely into touch with the unemployed, or even with the employed, than anybody e...More Button

I am sorry to interrupt but this particular place I mention— Rockchapel—is seven or eight miles distant from the nearest town on the Cork side, Newmarket, which is a very small town of about 1,200 inh...More Button

That is the place I refer to.More Button

I do not know who supplied this information, but I would like to point out that very few of the farmers in that district ever employ any labour.More Button

I threw out a challenge to the Minister. I have a letter here in my pocket which states: “I have a few pounds, and I will forfeit them to pay a man to come down from Dublin to make inquiries about t...More Button

I suggest an inspector with some kind of human feeling and understanding of the people, not a fellow who stays in the hotel and takes the hotel-keeper's word as regards the state of employment.More Button

Excuse me, but would the Minister go to the Land Commission, who administered the money recently spent on relief works, and ask them to make a report?More Button

May I say that on last Sunday week, in a place called Inchigeela, west of Macroom, the local relieving officer showed me a letter he had received from the inspector of the Department of Local Governme...More Button

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