Murphy, Dominick F

Wednesday, 16 December 1959

Seanad Éireann Debate
Vol. 51 No. 15

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Finance (No. 2) Bill, 1959—Second Stage (Resumed).

As I see it, in this Bill we are not dealing with the principle of income tax or the question whether income tax should continue to be collected from those people fortunate or unfortunate enough to ha...More Button

Transport (No. 2) Bill, 1959—Second and Subsequent Stages.

It is not in the Bill.More Button

That has nothing to do with the Bill before us.More Button

No.More Button

Not necessarily.More Button

The Minister by now should have come to realise that there are very many experts on transport excepting the people who, from time to time, have been given the job of running public transport because s...More Button

The Senator is doing very well with his private enterprise merchants. I was surprised to hear the Minister telling us about the concessions given since the position was supposedly frozen by legislati...More Button

That is why the price of bread has gone down?More Button

That has gone down too?More Button

I do not think the House should be faced with an amendment at 11 o'clock at night.More Button

I oppose the amendment and, considering what the Minister said in reply to the debate on Second Reading, it is clear anybody proposing an amendment like this is moving against the principle of organi...More Button

Why then limit the competition to 900 licensed hauliers? Would the Senator explain that? Does he favour a free-for-all in the carriage of merchandise?More Button


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