Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 11 Dec 1952

Vol. 135 No. 9

Select Committee on Salaries, Expense Allowances and Pensions of Judges and Justices.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Taoiseach (Donnchadh Ó Briain)

I move:—

That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Order of the Dáil of 9th December, 1952, the Select Committee on the salaries, expense allowances and pensions of the judges and justices do consist of twelve members, of whom four shall form a quorum, and that the following members be appointed to serve on the said Committee:—

Minister for Justice, Parliamentary Secretary to the Government, Deputies Denis Allen, John Belton, Harry Colley, Peadar Cowan, Maurice E. Dockrell, Patrick J. Hillery, Michael Hilliard, Seán MacEoin, Daniel Morrissey and Ted O'Sullivan.

An Ceann Comhairle

Is the motion agreed?

Mr. Dillon

Is there any precedent for that procedure?

An Ceann Comhairle

It is within the power of the House to amend that motion if it so desires.

Mr. Donnellan

Would we be right in saying that they failed to get 154 Why did they fail?

An Ceann Comhairle

Is the motion agreed?

Mr. Dillon

All I wanted to know was what happened.

Question put.

An Ceann Comhairle

Will Deputies dissenting please indicate their disagreement by rising in their places? If there are more than five Deputies dissenting, it will be necessary to have a division.

Nine Deputies rose.

Breanndán Mac Fheórais

We should like merely to be recorded as dissenting.

Mr. Donnellan

Vótáil.

Mr. Norton

May I make a submission? I think it is rather customary to ring the bell and then put the question.

An Ceann Comhairle

That is when there is a division.

Question again put.

The Dáil divided: Tá, 87; Níl, 19.

Tá

• Allen, Denis.
• Bartley, Gerald.
• Beegan, Patrick.
• Belton, John.
• Blaney, Neil T.
• Boland, Gerald.
• Brady, Philip A.
• Brady, Seán.
• Breen, Dan.
• Brennan, Joseph.
• Brennan, Thomas.
• Breslin, Cormac.
• Briscoe, Robert.
• Browne, Noel C.
• Browne, Patrick.
• Buckley, Seán.
• Burke, Patrick.
• Byrne, Alfred.
• Carter, Frank.
• Cawley, Patrick.
• Childers, Erksine.
• Cogan, Patrick.
• Colley, Harry.
• Collins, James J.
• Collins, Seán.
• Corry, Martin J.
• Cosgrave, Liam.
• Cowan, Peadar.
• Crowley, Honor Mary.
• Crowley, Tadhg.
• Cunningham, Liam.
• Davern, Michael J.
• Derrig, Thomas.
• de Valera, Vivion.
• Dillon, James M.
• Dockrell, Henry P.
• Dockrell, Maurice E.
• Doyle, Peadar S.
• Fanning, John.
• ffrench-O'Carroll, Michael.
• Flanagan, Seán.
• Flynn, John.
• Flynn, Stephen.
• Gallagher, Colm.
• Gilbride, Eugene.
• Harris, Thomas.
• Hillery, Patrick J.
• Hilliard, Michael.
• Humphreys, Francis.
• Kenneally, William.
• Kennedy, Michael J.
• Killilea, Mark.
• Lehane, Patrick D.
• Lemass, Seán.
• Little, Patrick J.
• Lynch, Jack (Cork Borough).
• McCann, John.
• MacCarthy, Seán.
• McEllistrim, Thomas.
• MacEntee, Seán.
• MacEoin, Seán.
• McGrath, Patrick.
• McMenamin, Daniel.
• Maguire, Patrick J.
• Maher, Peadar.
• Moran, Michael.
• Moylan, Seán.
• Mulcahy, Richard.
• Ó Briain, Donnchadh.
• O'Donnell, Patrick.
• O'Gorman, Patrick J.
• O'Higgins, Thomas F. (Jun.).
• O'Reilly, Matthew.
• Ormonde, John.
• O'Sullivan, Denis.
• O'Sullivan, Ted.
• Reidy, James.
• Rice, Bridget M.
• Ryan, James.
• Ryan, Mary B.
• Sheldon, William A.W.
• Sheridan, Michael.
• Smith, Patrick.
• Sweetman, Gerard.
• Traynor, Oscar.
• Walsh, Laurence J.
• Walsh, Thomas.

Níl

• Beirne, John.
• Blowick, Joseph.
• Cafferky, Dominick.
• Corish, Brendan.
• Davin, William.
• Desmond, Daniel.
• Donnellan, Michael.
• Dunne, Seán.
• Everett, James.
• Finan, John.
• Hickey, James.
• Keyes, Michael.
• Kyne, Thomas A.
• Larkin, James.
• McAuliffe, Patrick.
• Murphy, Michael P.
• Norton, William.
• O'Leary, Johnny.
• Spring, Daniel.

Tellers:— Tá: Deputies Ó Briain and Killilea; Níl: Deputies Donnellan and Mac Fheórais.

Question declared carried.