Order of Business.Tuesday, 26 May 1970 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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The Taoiseach:
It is proposed to take Business in the following order: Nos. 12, 13, 14 and 15, 6 and 16.
Mr. Corish:
Has the Taoiseach any further information with regard to the business to be done before the adjournment?
[49]Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick:
(Cavan): Very little, I would say.
The Taoiseach:
I have a fairly comprehensive list of Bills here and I will refer to just some of them.
Mr. Murphy:
It does not include the general election, does it?
The Taoiseach:
The Finance Bill, the Decimal Currency Bill, the Social Welfare Bill giving effect to budgetary increases, the Sea Fisheries Bill, the Horse Industry Bill, the Tourist Traffic Bill, the Housing Bill, the Higher Education Bill, the Administration of Justice Bill dealing with the difficulty about bail, and there will also be some Estimates which it would be desirable, I think, to take before the Recess.
Mr. Cosgrave:
Some of these Bills are more urgent than others.
The Taoiseach:
They are. I have not given them in order of urgency, by any means; I will supply the Whips of both Opposition parties with a comprehensive list because it will be necessary, I think, for us to come to some arrangement about longer sittings.
Mr. Corish:
Will we sit next week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday?
The Taoiseach:
Wednesday and Thursday.
The Taoiseach:
It is not usual to sit on Tuesday when there is a bank holiday on Monday.
Mr. Corish:
We sat on 6th January one year to pass the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Area Agreement.
Dr. O'Donovan:
I admire the Taoiseach's discretion in not including the Central Bank Bill.
The Taoiseach:
I have it on the list.
Dr. O'Donovan:
But the Taoiseach did not read it out.
The Taoiseach:
I read only some of the Bills I have on the list and I told the Deputy's leader I would give him a [50] copy of the list for his information. The Deputy can then study it and peruse the Central Bank Bill.
Dr. O'Donovan:
I want to be fair to the Taoiseach. If this Bill comes up for discussion the House will not adjourn until the middle of August.
The Taoiseach:
We can go on to September.
Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick:
(Cavan): Could the Taoiseach say when he hopes to adjourn?
The Taoiseach:
I would hope to adjourn at the end of June. I know that is not possible, but I would have same hopes of adjourning by mid-July and, if that is not possible, I am prepared to carry on.
Mr. Ryan:
With your permission, Sir, I propose to raise on the Adjournment the subject matter of Question No. 6 on the Order Paper of 16th April. It deals with illegal squatters in Dublin Corporation dwellings.
An Ceann Comhairle:
The Chair will communicate with the Deputy.
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