I take it that the Minister's amendment, No. 1, and that of Deputy Haslett, No. 2, dea with the same matter.
Public Business. - Finance (Customs Duties) Bill, 1931—Committee Stage.
The Dáil went into Committee.
SECTION 1.
Yes. I move:—
Before sub-section (4) to insert a new sub-section as follows:—
"(4) Whenever the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that any butter which but for this sub-section would be chargeable with the duty mentioned in this section complies with all the following conditions, that is to say:—
(a) it either was manufactured in a creamery in Northern Ireland or was manufactured in a creamery in Saorstát Eireann and exported to Northern Ireland, and
(b) it is imported directly from a creamery in Northern Ireland or a cream separating station in Northern Ireland by a farmer who is resident in Saorstát Eireann and is a shareholder in such creamery or such cream separating station (as the case may be) and is a supplier of milk from his own cows on his farm in Saorstát Eireann to such creamery or cream separating station (as the case may be), and
(c) it is so imported by such farmer for his own household use, and
(d) the quantity so imported by such farmer in any one week does not exceed seven pounds,
the Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, permit such butter to be imported without payment of the duty mentioned in this section."
This amendment is practically the same as that which stands in the name of Deputy Haslett, the only point of difference being that mine applies only to butter manufactured in a creamery in Northern Ireland or in a creamery in the Saorstát and exported to Northern Ireland, whereas in Deputy Haslett's amendment the butter might have been made in Siberia or anywhere else. That is the only point of difference. The amendment is designed to meet the difficulties to which Deputy Haslett referred.
Amendment put and agreed to.
Amendment No. 2 not moved.
Section 1 as amended ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Remaining sections and title ordered to stand part of the Bill.
The Dáil went out of Committee.
Bill reported with one amendment and put through its remaining Stages.
This Bill is a Money Bill for the purposes of Article 35 of the Constitution.