I move that Dáil Éireann approve of the Summer Time Order, 1951.
The effect of this Order is to fix the period of summer time from 15th April to 21st October, which is the period fixed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. If the Order were not made, summer time would start on 22nd April and would end on 7th October, leaving a period of a week in April and two weeks in October when there would be a difference between our time and the time observed in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A similar Order has been made in every year since the war.