Stanford, William Bedell Wednesday, 21 March 1962

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Committee of Selection: Second Report.

The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated the following members to serve on the Committee on Procedure and Privileges:— Senators Boland, Carton, Farrell, Michael Hayes, Murphy, Ó Ciosái...

Short Titles Bill, 1961—Second and Subsequent Stages.

I should like to say a few words of commendation on the Bill. It is quite clear that the Department of Justice is now determined to tidy up the legal position in this country, the statutory law, and ...

Road Fund (Grants) (Temporary Provisions) Bill, 1962 (Certified Money Bill) — Second and Subsequent Stages.

Surely it depends on what the Senator wishes to say.

We are getting into the by-ways, now.

Central Fund Bill, 1962 (Certified Money Bill) — Second Stage

In this general debate on the financial policy of the State, Senators have a choice, I think, of three ways of approaching it. They can approach it as statesmen, taking a detached and general view, s...

I take it that we cannot go into the precise details of the Estimates. Government policy on education, as is quite clear from the statement before us, is one of expansion. A notable feature of the ge...

Am I right in thinking that the Minister for Education or the Minister for Finance is responsible for the spending of public moneys of this kind granted to local authorities?

The Minister pays for some of the scholarships. The Minister for Education undertook last August in this House to look into the anomalies and to do the best he could to persuade the local authoritie...

Is the Senator referring to taxation rather than expenditure?

We are concentrating on the expenditure aspects of the Estimates. I think details of population are hardly in order.

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