Colgan, Michael

Wednesday, 7 March 1951

Seanad Éireann Debate
Vol. 39 No. 7

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Are we to take it from that statement of Senator Hayes that, in future, all appointments to the staff will be made by the joint committee?More Button

That is definite?More Button

I am not too sure about this. It distinctly states here that the medical board shall consist of the physicians and surgeons of the hospital. Am I to take it that assistants to these physicians and s...More Button

There is nothing in the Bill to indicate that.More Button

The point I am making has not been answered.More Button

The point is that the medical board is defined as the physicians and surgeons of the hospital. Is that term all-embracing in so far as medical and surgical staff are concerned?More Button

Very well; if it is not, it means that somebody can be appointed without the authority of the board, because the committee only gets authority to appoint the medical board. There obviously will be—I ...More Button

I am obliged to the Senator for the logical way he has put it, but I suggest that logic is not law, and it is not what we think here or feel that matters but what the interpretation of the sub-section...More Button

I should like Senator Hayes to define, and it would not be easy to do so, what is “staff” and what is not “staff”.More Button

You did not satisfy me.More Button

I think that Senator Barniville and myself have grave doubts as to whether this section will ensure that the point which we are making will be covered, namely, that nobody can work in the Meath Hospit...More Button

I asked about assistants and specialists but no one can answer my question. I do not believe that they are covered by the term. You will have the position that people will be brought in to assist ph...More Button

I would support this amendment moved by Senator Fitzsimons. On the last occasion, speaking on the Second Reading, I pointed cut the difficulties which elected representatives have in attending meetin...More Button

But of course they must be persons to be members of the committee.More Button

That is what I am talking about.More Button

They must be members of the Dublin County Council.More Button

Are you positive?More Button

I bow to the Senator's superior wisdom and experience but somehow I think there is a bit of doubt there. On reading “five members”, I visualise five members of the corporation with six members of the...More Button

It would be a very knotty point of law to decide whether outside people or local people were involved. If that is the position, however, my argument in favour of the municipal authorities is weakened...More Button

I see a great weakness in this section, namely, that while a person becomes a subscriber and is thereby entitled to vote, he or she need pay the sum of two guineas only in the year of election. Anyon...More Button

I agree with what Senator Hayes has stated concerning the Act of 1815 regarding the position of governors, but the Act of 1898 changed that and there was only an election every three years, and that i...More Button

On the section, I do not see the necessity for all this hedging around with rules and regulations the election of four members of the committee of the hospital. While proportional representation can ...More Button

I oppose the section and think it should not be left in the Bill. As you know, I fell out with the joint committee over the appointment of these doctors. I worked well with them for two years, but on...More Button

No, no. That is wrong. It was the appointments, not the advertisement.More Button

The decision to appoint.More Button

Secondary Teachers' Superannuation (Amendment) Scheme, 1951—Motion.

I should like to support Senator Ó Buachalla's plea to the Minister that we get some more time to discuss this important matter. It came as a great shock to me to learn that out of over 2,000 teacher...More Button

I suppose there are. Unless you make the scheme attractive, teachers will not take part in it. This retrospective clause which expects teachers to pay back 1½ per cent. of their salary is not going t...More Button

You cannot educate the Minister for Finance.More Button

Meath Hospital Bill, 1950—Report and Final Stages.

What is the effect of the amendment? Are you going to alter it by making every election a postal election?More Button

The Seanad will not meet to-morrow?More Button

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