Johnson, Thomas

Friday, 30 April 1926

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 15 No. 8

First Page Previous Page Page of 23 Next Page Last Page

APPROPRIATION OF TIME FOR PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Is it not early in the Session to make such a proposition? The President has assured us that there is no very long list of legislative proposals to put before us, and that the session will mainly be f...More Button

It still may be a question of accommodation. If there is no Private Members' business, inevitably and naturally Ministerial business will be taken, but by passing such a resolution now, we would in ...More Button

I think it would be better to have some understanding of what is intended. I think that would be the better procedure.More Button

ESTIMATES—VOTE NO. 32 (GÁRDA SÍOCHÁNA).

Is the Minister able to give us comparative figures of rural or village areas in England with the rural areas in the Free State?More Button

I should think so.More Button

Could the Minister give the figures for the villages and small towns as distinct from boroughs?More Button

That is in the year 1926.More Button

I do not know whether the Minister seriously resents any Deputy making general statements, and even suggestions of a general kind as to the policy that his Department might pursue on a Vote of this ki...More Button

I agree. I think the Deputy has made a sad mistake in asking the Dáil to reduce the Estimates for police purposes by £400,000 on the ground that a new police system should be considered. I think tha...More Button

The village constable idea is the idea I would like to see embodied in our police system, but it is not necessary that that village constable should be devoting all his time and thought to policing an...More Button

Certainly. You have the example of the old Naval Reserve and Militia Reserve, with a commission and a certain fee which would recompense them for special responsibilities. I am not suggesting that th...More Button

Last Updated: 16/05/2011 17:26:02 First Page Previous Page Page of 23 Next Page Last Page