Byrne, John JosephFriday, 4 May 1928 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. - VOTE 69—INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION OFFICE.
I support the motion. I think that for the short time the Department has been in existence, and in view of the income that has already accrued, there can be no doubt whatever in the minds of Deputies...
There are many places. There is London. There is the National Museum in Dublin, and there are other places.
I am afraid if I make that admission the Ceann Comhairle will rule me out of order.
I am not, but I would suggest setting up a Commission to inquire into the actual working of the Act.
I will go so far as to say that so far as the efficiency of the Office, as now constituted, is concerned, and considering the short time it has been in existence under its present head, it undoubtedly...
They would exceed the fee charged for registration by the Patent Office. That is one mode in which the present administrative system in regard to patents in this country could be improved. I was gla...
I would like to point out to Deputy Flinn that he is rather exaggerating the point which he is making in regard to Shylock.
IN COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. - VOTE 60—UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
I think that when Deputies criticise this Estimate they should remember that the Minister is very tightly bound down by statute in the administration of these particular moneys. The whole administrat...
It means a tendency to reduce the number of unemployed. I had a very long argument with the officials on this particular point, and I was very obtuse—I frankly make the admission. I thought that the V...
For 1924-5 the State contribution to this fund amounted to £244,000; for 1925-6 it was £221,000, and for 1926-7 £222,000. On this question of the reduction of the grant I might point out that a vast ...
I suggested that that is why the Vote was a very unreliable index as to the actual state of unemployment.
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