It is proposed to take the Items on the Paper in the following order:—No. 8, Land Bond Bill, 1933; No. 9, Industrial Credit Bill; No. 10, Estimates for Public Services; No. 11, Additional Estimate, Vote 70 (Export Bounties and Subsidies); No. 5, Estimates (1933/34) for Public Services— Report; No. 6 Issue out of the Central Fund; No. 7 Appropriation Bill and No. 12 Dáil Eireann Loans and Funds Bill; the Dáil to sit until the Estimates and all Stages of the Appropriation Bill have been completed. It is hoped that by agreement these measures may be put through by 12 o'clock to-night. The debate on the Land Bill (Second Reading) will be concluded on Tuesday and the Committee Stage taken on 25th July.
Order of Business.
Public business not to be interrupted at 12 o'clock. The hour for the adjournment has not yet been fixed.
Will the President say what is the hour for the adjournment —is it proposed to adjourn at 2 o'clock?
It will depend on whether agreement can be arrived at between the Whips.
The hour for the adjournment will be announced within an hour.
May I take it that if the hour for the adjournment is not now fixed the adjournment will be taken at 2 o'clock?
The hour for the adjournment can be fixed any time up to 12.30 o'clock this morning.
Can we get any information now as to when the motion for the adjournment will be moved?
Before 12 o'clock.
The President is not giving the precise time when it will be moved.
There are negotiations taking place between the Whips and if agreement is reached it may not be necessary.
But on that question, may we not have the precise hour now?
Standing Orders provide that it can be moved up to 12 o'clock.
May I venture to express unqualified disapproval of this policy. Not only does it affect the members of the House but the staffs of the House and not the staffs of the House alone but civil servants from other Departments. One can get a certain amount of work out of civil servants, but if civil servants are overworked by those utterly and entirely inexperienced in control of affairs it will not make for efficiency in public business. Those in charge of affairs appear to be unable to realise that it is impossible to get double work from people.
Surely the position of the staffs of the House is a matter for the Ceann Comhairle.
The matter may be discussed when a definite motion is made for the adjournment.