I move the following amendment:—
1. At the end of sub-section (1), to add a new paragraph as follows:—
(e) where an application under paragraph (b) of this sub-section is made after the 23rd day of November, 1935, and before the 1st day of January, 1936, and the Minister is satisfied that the failure to make such application on or before the said 23rd day of November was unavoidable owing to the absence from Saorstát Eireann of the person or one of the persons by whom such application is made, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, direct that such application shall be received and that such steps as he may specify shall be taken to give effect to such application as if it had been made on the said 23rd day of November, and thereupon the Bank of Ireland and all other persons concerned shall carry out such direction and shall have in respect thereof such indemnity and discharge as if such direction were contained in this Act.
The amendment is designed to meet a point which was brought to my notice by Deputy Good, that is the case of those who may be unavoidably absent from Saorstát Eireann at the date for which the conversion has been announced and who may therefore not be in a position to take advantage of the offer or to avail of the opportunity to redeem their holdings.