asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the terms of reference of the Commission on Emigration and the names of the drafting committee who have been meeting twice a week since last July.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Commission on Emigration.
The terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry into Emigration and Other Population Problems are:—
"To investigate the causes and consequences of the present level and trend in population; to examine, in particular, the social and economic effects of birth, death, migration and the marriage rates at present and their probable course in the near future; to consider what measures, if any, should be taken in the national interest to influence the trend in population; generally, to consider the desirability of formulating a national population policy."
For reasons which should be obvious to the Deputy, I would not feel justified in disclosing the names of the members of any of the commission's sub-committees.