O'Reilly, MatthewWednesday, 12 March 1941 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Committee on Finance. - Vote on Account, 1941-42.
I think, as well as I remember, that it was on a Saturday we met here when the war began, and I think we sat the whole night. Most of us left this House the next morning with very definite impression...
They are getting 28/- or 29/- a barrel.
That is more of the nonsense and foolishness which is deliberately put forward here by people who know the truth. Deputy Morrissey knows it as well as I do.
Some Deputies opposite said that we should face facts, and these are some of the facts. The result of this increase in the price of oats is that people could scarcely, in reason, be expected to feed...
All over the country to-day.
They are 1/3 all over the country.
Perhaps the hens are not laying in County Wexford.
It would be worth sending them down to Wexford. We had a long speech from Deputy O'Higgins in which he told us of the change of opinion in the country, which, he said, was mainly brought about becaus...
As long as criticism does not aim at pulling the whole thing down just because one section cannot succeed, it is all right. So long as people do not say: “Since we cannot succeed, we will pull the wh...
We have not. I think that further steps could be taken to improve the situation, but my remedy may not be the same as yours. The remedies might not be akin. None of us is going to deny that there i...
That is a horse of another colour.
That is one of the problems which possibly can be surmounted, and which we hope to see partially surmounted. I am not going to say that we shall succeed 100 per cent. No matter how we manage, there...
They are not as dear as we are told they are and, if the question of transport were solved, a great part of that difficulty would disappear. The whole Dáil should come together and sincerely try to so...
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