Norton, WilliamWednesday, 22 May 1935 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Public Business. - Conditions of Employment Bill, 1935—Second Stage (Resumed).
This Bill is a very interesting Bill, and, in many respects, a novel Bill; but, as the Irish Press said in a leading article on the Bill recently, it is in no way a revolutionary Bill. Many of the th...
If Deputy Minch has not been in Monasterevan recently he ought to go down there, and he will find 12 workers employed in a factory for 13 hours per day, for six days of the week, who are paid 33/- per...
I will be very happy to accept the invitation of the Deputy to visit Monasterevan and have an inquiry into the rates of wages paid there; but I think the Deputy should be fully informed before he goes...
The Deputy asked a question, and he objects to the information. The Deputy might remember that there are a number of persons employed there from 17 to 19 years of age who are paid the magnificent wage...
I read a copy of it in this House, and I will give the Deputy a copy to-morrow if he has the patience to wait until then. Deputy Finian Lynch can tell the Deputy that asking a worker employed by the ...
I shall be most happy to accept the invitation of the Deputy.
I am perfectly satisfied that the Deputy has nothing whatever to do with this. In any case, the Deputy wants to know where these industries are.
I shall let the Deputy hear what Mr. Joseph Milroy, President of the Federation of Saorstát Industries, has to say on the subject. He will not be accused of having a bias towards the Labour Party.
Mr. Milroy, who is President of the Federation of Saorstát Industries, will give you the information.
The Deputy should be looking after Monasterevan.
Mr. Milroy, speaking on the subject to an Irish Times representative on the 9th of this month said: “In imposing new conditions a distinction should be made between the industries that are now paying ...
Later on in the course of the interview, Mr. Milroy “expressed regret because the Bill did not contain provisions to impose a drastic control on factories in regard to ventilation, heating, sanitation...
I would like to know from the Minister on that aspect of the matter what it is intended to do in respect of those industries.
There is one class of person not referred to in this Bill and not engaged in mining, although possibly engaged in some form of transport. I refer to the workers in the Post Office service. At presen...
I do not think so.
I think possibly Deputy Good is just as enthusiastic on this section as he was on the Budget the other day.
By his enthusiasm for this section Deputy Good may cause as many problems for the Minister as he did for the Government by his enthusiasm over the Budget. If he wants to help the Minister on this sec...
I am surprised at Deputy Good saying that this is a small matter and a Committee matter.
I think if any effort is made in this section to interfere with the right of the workers to withdraw their labour, then the Bill takes on an entirely new aspect. So far as this Party is concerned, we...
Was there any informal conversation with any of the bodies?
Was there any informal discussion with the Federation of Saorstát Industries?
Through the Minister's liaison officer?
To clear up the point, would the Minister say whether the provisions of this Bill were discussed with him, formally or informally?
What about State employees?
Is the Minister going to bring State conditions into conformity at least with this?
Committee on Finance. - Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance. Resolution No 28—General (Resumed).
The President intervened in this debate last night. His speech was distinguished for unnecessary heat and the importation of a good deal of unnecessary vigour into a discussion from which, so far, th...
Deputy McGilligan got little nationality in his cradle.
The Industrial Trust went out of existence.
Deputy Mulcahy knows that.
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