Cosgrave, William T.Wednesday, 20 April 1932 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Executive Council and State Enterprises.
The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the second part, large sums of public money have been sunk in these enterprises and, quite irrespective of any views...
I think the answer I have given covers the position completely as regards the Government.
I can only say that the answer I have given represents the Government's view on the matter.
The Minister for Finance, as Deputy McGilligan probably knows, is busily occupied at the moment on Budget matters.
I do not know about that.
I do not know anything about the Gaiety Theatre to-morrow. I will make inquiries and see what it is about.
The Late Deputy Redmond.
The members of the Dáil will have learned with deep regret of the death of Deputy Captain William Redmond, who represented the constituency of Waterford City. As the Dáil is aware, the late Captain ...
Public Business. - Constitution (Removal of Oath) Bill, 1932—First Stage.
I ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to remove the obligation now imposed by law on members of the Oireachtas and Ministers who are not members of the Executive Council to take an oath, and...
I do not think it is necessary for me to make a statement at this stage. I am sure that the purpose of the Bill is known to every member of the Dáil. The whole matter was discussed at great length d...
In Committee on Finance. - Vote for Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
I think we can meet the Deputy on that.
In Committee on Finance. - Vote No. 32—Office of the Minister for Justice.
On a point of order, what is to be the practice henceforward in this House? Is the old practice to be completely departed from? As I understand, the old practice so far was that when an Estimate was...
I wonder what it is that has dissatisfied the members of the Opposition, what it is that is causing them all this uneasiness? Is it because we have peace? Is it because the Minister for Justice does...
Listen to the list. Because we propose to govern the country without Acts of this kind the Opposition is dissatisfied. There was a Public Safety Act passed in 1923 called the Emergency Powers Act, th...
If that policy was successful, where is the reason for the timidity and all the anxiety about the future?
What is the reason for the anxiety?
If the Deputy wishes I will change it to anxiety. What is the reason for their anxiety? These Coercion Acts ought to be completely wiped out and there need be no danger. We see no danger. We are p...
In Committee on Finance. - Constitution Amendment Bill.
I do not think it will be circulated in the morning. I think it will be circulated on Friday.
Yes.
Private Deputies' Business. - Ministerial Statement in Seanad—Adjournment Debate.
The first point I want to deal with is the suggestion that there was an evasion in the answer given here. I deny that. Anybody reading the question could only infer that Deputy Morrissey wanted infor...
Then Deputy Morrissey ought to be able to express himself a little more clearly than he has done in the question. The Minister for Finance, in dealing with the extravagant boosting of certain enterpr...
Deputy McGilligan knows perfectly well that I cannot put my hand now on the quotations. There is no Deputy who was in the last Dáil who does not remember quite well extravagant statements such as that...
They were made in this House. We were told that £80,000 was going to electrify the railway from Cork to Dublin. On coming into office and taking responsibility after extravagant statements like that...
There is a very big difference between our attitude in these matters and the attitude of the late Government. There is a big change of policy, namely, that of honesty about it.
Everybody who is interested in these schemes was watching the amount of public money that was involved in them. Whether the epithet “white” was applicable or not that they were big schemes is certain...
It is an honest way of dealing with it because the community were led to believe that we were being handed over, in accordance with the extravagant statements of the recent Ministry, enterprises which...
Then why did the Minister make such statements as he made about the electrification of the railway from Cork to Dublin?
They have been a long time maturing.
I suppose in 100 or 1,000 years hence it will be said that Deputy McGilligan had such wonderful foresight that he was able to see these developments. It is always easy to prophesy. Deputy McGilligan...
I am keeping to the question. I am telling the community definitely what is the situation and I am telling them that so far as this Government is concerned we intend to carry on the investigation and...
The Minister for Finance did not do anything like the damage against these schemes that was done by the extravagant statements from those on the benches opposite. It was absolutely necessary to bring ...
I do not understand what Deputy O'Sullivan has said.
Deputy McGilligan talked about the mess. He was principally responsible for the making of the whole Shannon Scheme administration. He did not show that there was much hope as long as he had control o...
We have taken it over, and, as I say, fully recognising our responsibility in connection with the money spent, we do hope that the original intention for which these schemes were started will be given...
I am answering the question on the Paper, the unsatisfactory nature of the reply to which, I am told, was responsible for this debate. Of course, I am long enough in the House now to know that that i...
I would like to ask Deputy Morrissey to explain exactly himself what he thinks is in that statement.
If I am asked to state whether I concur with a certain reading of a certain thing or not, I want to know what reading the Deputy takes out of it, and I shall answer very quickly. If he tells me what ...
Very well, then. The Dáil adjourned at 11 p.m.
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