O Buachalla, Liam

Thursday, 2 March 1950

Seanad Éireann Debate
Vol. 37 No. 9

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Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Bill, 1949—Second and Subsequent Stages.

Sílim go mbeimid ar fad sásta gur innis an tAire dúinn go bhfuil an Bille seasmhach cuid mhaith chun cinn aige agus gur gearr go mbeidh sé ag teacht os ár gcomhair. Sílim go mbeidh muid sásta, freisi...More Button

Might I ask the Minister whether these men get their instruction in the Irish language at the Curragh? That is the important point.More Button

Does the Minister realise how precise a knowledge of Irish is required, the familiarity of technical terms and methods of expression, in order to instruct a young man fully in the mechanism and use of...More Button

I am particularly interested in the Irish language, but I want good soldiers, and I believe that you cannot get a good soldier from the Irish-speaking areas unless you give him instruction in the Iris...More Button

I have mentioned to the Minister the fact that men are not keen to join because they must go to the Curragh and face this ordeal of doing their training in English.More Button

I hardly think the Minister will be in a position to answer this question fully, but does he think that the First Battalion has been up to full strength for a considerable time? The Minister is very ...More Button

Pensions (Increase) Bill, 1949—Second Stage.

Tá moladh ag dul don Aire as ucht an Bille seo a thabhairt isteach, ach is dóigh liom gurb é an moladh is mó is féidir a thabhairt don Bhille gur fearrde ann ná as é. Sásaíonn sé mise, ar aon chaoi, ...More Button

State and Semi-State Companies—Motion.

Is fíor don Seanadóir Ó Briain nach bhfuil sé ag iarraidh a lán agus é ag iarraidh ar an Aire géilleadh don tairiscint seo. Níor mhaith liom a rá go bhfuilim ina choinne, mar nílim. Sé an rud atá mé...More Button

Perhaps the Leas-Chathaoirleach will decide, but I think I can justify my comments. We are asked to approve the setting up of a commission to investigate the working of semi-State companies.More Button

Excuse me, then, and I will correct it. The motion says that the committee proposed to be set up should consist of members of both Dáil and Seanad, to consider and report on what steps should be take...More Button

I am proceeding to point out certain dangers, what seems to be a logical consequence of accepting what is inherent in this motion. Am I in order in doing that? I am expressing the opinion that, if we...More Button

That is quite true. It is true that on any motion here, if one were to confine oneself very strictly to the wording of the motion, the most one could say would be “I approve” or “I disapprove”. It w...More Button

Senator Hayes is unduly anxious.More Button

I have said I have no objection to this motion and no objection to the setting up of this committee and that I would be pleased that it be set up and report. I would be pleased, in the public interes...More Button

If there is anything wrong in that way, we should find out what it is. If we think that by investigation of this kind we can get these companies to act in a more reasonable way, we will have done a g...More Button

Would the Senator give a short list of the companies he has in mind, apart from the Electricity Supply Board?More Button

The Central Bank has been mentioned.More Button

Would their investigations be published?More Button

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