It is proposed to take business on the Order Paper in the following order: Nos. 8, 4 and 6.
Order of Business.
As an alternative to raising the matter on the Adjournment, I wonder might I ask now whether the Government has got copies of the speeches made by the Irish representatives at Strasbourg, in view of the concern that has been caused over some of the speeches made there? Has the Government copies of the speeches and will they be made available in the Library for the information of the Deputies?
I would require notice of that question.
Might I inquire as to the position in regard to item No. 18 on the Order Paper? Five or six weeks ago we were furnished with a Bill by the Minister for Social Welfare but so far it has not made its appearance. It is the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 1953. Would the Minister tell us when we are likely to see it?
The Bill is with the draftsman and it should be available for circulation early.
When?
In the early future. There is a certain amount of congestion in the draftsman's office at the moment.
Can the Tánaiste say nothing better than in the near future?
Is the confusion in the draftsman's office due to the speeches of the Minister for Finance?
We will have to reconsider the Bill in the light of Deputy McGilligan's speech.
Or Deputy Norton's pronouncements. The Deputy has not merely water on the brain but he has also Deputy MacEntee on the brain.
The Minister should keep his intelligence on his own plane because nobody will reach it.
What about Deputy McGilligan's speech in Cork?
I read it in full. It was more interesting than some of the speeches made by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. In particular, it was more interesting than that made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare who spoke of a 20 per cent. cut.
Do not be like your colleague over there.