Derrig, Thomas

Thursday, 8 March 1928

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 22 No. 9

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CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - REFUSAL TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS.

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the reasons for refusing unemployment benefit to Michael Dooley, Mayhora, Castlecomer.More Button

What is the definition of “unemployment”? I understand that this man has a few acres of land and a large family and that he has to eke out an existence by getting employment from the County Council. ...More Button

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state why unemployment benefit has been refused to Miss Kathleen Dooley, Kilkenny Street, Castlecomer.More Button

As this girl could not find employment she had to go as an apprentice, and are we to take it from the Minister's reply that any person assisting as an apprentice is ruled out, and that persons in her ...More Button

CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - CASTLECOMER COALFIELDS.

asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state what steps have been taken by his Department to ascertain the coal-bearing qualities of the Firoda (Castlecomer) district, and, if no step...More Button

That is the same reply substantially that the Minister gave to Deputy Holohan six months ago. Am I to understand that at the end of another six or twelve months I will get the same answer?More Button

CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - NEW ROSS DRAINAGE.

asked the Minister for Fisheries why the drainage of the flooded lands at Ballilogue, near New Ross, is not being proceeded with, and if he will take steps to have this urgent work resumed without del...More Button

I think the Parliamentary Secretary has been supplied with information which is at variance with the facts. He says that the work is nearly complete. An embankment was made on the flooded lands but ...More Button

IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. - VOTE 54—LAND COMMISSION.

On a point of explanation, I said that the number of holdings averaged at least 30,000 between 1903 and 1912. The exact phrase used in Mr. Birrell's reply was that agreements for sale had been conclu...More Button

I quoted as a comparison the number of holdings that have been acquired since the Free State came into being. So many different terms are used with regard to this subject that one is at a loss to kno...More Button

Will the Parliamentary Secretary state what the total staff of the C.D.B. was at that time?More Button

So that you are including the whole staff of the C.D.B. as well?More Button

Might I ask when the report of the Land Commission, dealing with its activities during the past ten years, will be published?More Button


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