Staines, MichaelThursday, 25 May 1933 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Public Business. - Railways Bill, 1933—Committee (Resumed).
I agree with Senator Sir John Keane in thinking that what Senator Johnson said about holding up the Bill is wrong. We do not want to hold up Bills at all. We only held up one Bill in all those years...
Public Business. - Proposed Inquiry Into Agricultural Industry.
I can assure Senator Quirke that I have no intention of trying to embarrass the Government. I should like to tell Senator Johnson that whether the statistics he quoted are his own or Deputy Mulcahy's ...
The Senator made some remark about clearances between Ballinasloe and somewhere else in County Clare.
My difficulty is to know, if we all clear back to the land, will we get the consent of the owners. We will not. Having farms of 20, 50, 100 or 200 acres—I do not think there are many with 300 acres—...
And golfers. I will not include Deputies because someone must carry on the Government. Suppose we all went back to these farms where would it end? In my opinion it would end where we began about 30...
It pays better than other things.
In some parts of Wexford black oats pays better than white oats, but in the West of Ireland the people would not look at black oats. These matters are best left to the people concerned. The cattle b...
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