I move:
That Dáil Éireann hereby approves of Sugar (Prohibition of Import) Order, 1959.
This motion seeks confirmation of the Sugar (Prohibition of Import) Order, 1959. Under the Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936, the Government are empowered to prohibit by Order the importation of sugar except under licence. Such Orders have been made annually from that date. The making of the Order must be followed by a motion in each House of the Oireachtas confirming it. Such a motion was passed in the Seanad last evening. I submit the motion to this House today.
The purpose of the Order is to reserve to the home market sugar produced from beet grown within the country There is a licensing provision which permits the import of sugar but that licensing provision is limited to Comhlucht Siúicre Éireann, Teo. They avail of that provision to import raw sugar to be refined in this country. The purpose is to facilitate the export trade in sugar and sugar goods as, without such imports, it would not be possible to engage in that trade.
The Order is in the same form as has been passed by each House of the Oireachtas since 1936 and I commend it to the House.