In moving the adoption of this Clause I might state that the need for all that detail in the Clause with regard to a Money Bill arises from the fact that there is considerable dispute and controversy about the question of what is, and what is not, a Money Bill between the British House of Commons and the House of Lords, and it is to provide, so far as we can, against any friction between Seanad and the Dáil in our Constitution that this particular Article is so detailed. First of all great trouble has been taken to define, so far as it can be defined, what is a Money Bill, and there is provision in case of a difference of opinion for arriving at a decision. The matter would be referred to a Committee of Privilege, consisting of 3 Members elected by each House, but the Chairman shall be a Judge. The Chairman shall only exercise a Casting Vote in case of a division.
Motion made and question put: "That Article 34 be added to the Constitution Bill."
Agreed.