I move:
That the Clerk of the Dáil transfer to the Deputy Keeper of Public Records and Keeper of State Papers for official deposit the documents in his custody relating to the First and Second Dáil and miscellaneous papers relating to the period up to 6th December, 1922.
Certain papers relating to the First and Second Dáil and to meetings held in 1922 for the purpose of electing a Provisional Government and enacting the 1922 Constitution are held in the custody of the Clerk of the Dáil. The Committee on Procedure and Privileges are in favour of handing over the papers to the Public Record Office where they will be available for historians. Standing Order 78 prevents the handing over of the papers without the express leave of the House. The purpose of this motion is to obtain the necessary leave.