I ask leave to move without notice the First Reading of a Bill which might be described as a Bill——
DAIL IN COMMITTEE. - DAIL EIREANN COURTS (WINDING UP) BILL, 1925—FIRST STAGE.
Might I draw attention to the fact that there is no House.
There is no House. It has been the procedure to ring the bell and see whether a House can be got.
The Sitting was suspended until the House was constituted.
This is a Bill to transfer to the High Court the powers and the jurisdiction of Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners appointed under the Dáil Eireann Courts (Winding Up) Act, 1923, and for other purposes connected therewith. The Dáil Court Winding Up Commission itself has come to the stage of being wound up. It is necessary to transfer to some permanent court the powers and jurisdiction of that body to secure continuity so that orders made by this Commission and so on will remain valid and that there may be a tribunal to which matters connected with them may be brought. This will be a short Bill transferring the powers of the Dáil Winding Up Commission to the High Court for that purpose. I ask permission to have the Bill printed and circulated.
Question put and agreed to.
Second Stage ordered for Wednesday, 11th February, 1925.