I move:
That notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Standing Orders of Dáil Eireann relative to Private Business, the Report and Fifth Stages of the Erasmus Smith Schools Bill, 1938, be taken to-day.
Private Business. - Erasmus Smith Schools Bill, 1938—Report and Final Stages.
Question put and agreed to.
I move that the Bill do now pass.
Before the motion is put, I think the House would like to hear from the Minister for Education whether he has any scheme in view for the spending of this money. The Bill provides that a very considerable sum of money will come into his hands for the use of his Department. I should like to know if he has yet prepared a scheme for the disposal of that money.
I have no scheme ready or in preparation in connection with this Bill. All I can say to Deputy Moore and to the House generally with regard to it, is that if the representatives of the parties and the districts which claim benefits under the Bill put before me an agreed scheme, it will receive my sympathetic consideration.
You are an optimist.
Question put and agreed to.