I move:—
Go naontuíonn an Dáil leis seo, le hOrdú Pinsean Constablaíocht Ríoga na hEireann (Fir d'Eirigh as agus Fir do Briseadh), 1929 a dineadh ar an 3adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929, fé Alt 3 den Acht Aois-liúntas agus Pinsean, 1929 (Uimh. 11 de 1929), agus a leagadh fé bhráid na Dála ar an 3adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929.
That the Dáil hereby approves of the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Order, 1929, made on the 3rd day of December, 1929, under Section 3 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1929 (No. 11 of 1929), and laid before the Dáil on the 3rd day of December, 1929.
The Order proposed to be approved by the Dáil has been circulated to Deputies for some considerable time. The major portion of the Order deals with the payment of pensions to widows of resigned and dismissed R.I.C. men and it follows generally the lines that are applicable to widows of deceased pensioners of the D.M.P. or the Civic Guards. It is in accordance with the sections of the 1929 Act. Part 2 of the Order, which is on page 5, makes one or two amendments in the Order of 1924.
The first paragraph of Part II. provides, in a case where there has been a certificate that the person to whom a pension has been granted is unable by reason of mental disability to manage his affairs, for the payment of pension, either wholly or in part, to the institution or person having care of such person. As a matter of fact that has been the practice under the original Order of 1924, but a certain doubt has been raised whether there was sufficient authority for doing it, and it is for that reason that the paragraph has been inserted with a retrospective effect. Paragraph 21 is inserted to correct a slip in the Order of 1924, which provides that a pension might be forfeited in case a person was sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months. Apparently, as the Order is worded, a person who gets imprisonment for a period of more than three months could not have his pension interfered with. The word "not" has accordingly been taken out. The other paragraph applies to a class of persons who are covered by the provisions of the original Order, namely, the class of resigned and dismissed R.I.C. men who were dealt with by Section 2 of the Act of 1929.