We will now take the report of the Standing Committee on Standing Orders.
Do ceapadh an Coiste seo le Rún den tSeanad ar an 25º Eanair, 1923, do réir Airtiogail 70 de sna Buan-Orduithe Seala- dacha, atá mar leanas:— |
This Committee was appointed by a Resolution of the Seanad on the 25th January, 1923, pursuant to Article 70 of the Provisional Standing Orders, which is as follows:— |
“I dtosach gach Siosóin ceapfaide an Seanad Coiste ar Bhuan-Orduithh ar a mbeidh an Cathaoirleach agus an Leas-Chathaoirleach ex officio agus ceathrar Seanadóiri an chuid is mó dhe.” |
“At the commencement of each Ses- sion the Seanad shall appoint a Com- mittee on Standing Orders, which shall consist of the Cathaoirleach and Leas- Chathaoirleach ex officio, and not more than four Senators.” |
Siad so leanas atá ar an gCoiste do ceapadh amhlaidh:—An Tiarna Lann Abhaidh, Séamas Dubhglas, Aindrias Mac Séamais, Sean Ó Fearghail, Pádraig Ó Cionaodha, Sir Seán Ó Catháin. |
The Committee so appointed is con- stituted as follows:—Lord Glenavy, James G. Douglas, Andrew Jameson, John T. O'Farrell, Patrick W. Kenny, Sir John Keane. |
Do chuir an Coiste Tuarasgabhail ós comhair an tSeanaid ar an 9º Bealtaine, 1923, agus do glacadh leis. D'iarr an Seanad ar an gCoiste tuille machtnaimh do dhéanamh ar Ordú 56; do dhein an Coiste amhlaidh agus sin iad a molta:— |
The Committee presented a Report to the Seanad on the 9th May, which was adopted. The Seanad requested the Committee to reconsider Order 56; the Committee have done so, and make the following recommendations:— |
(1) The Committee recommend the deletion of the last sentence of Order 56, and the substitution therefor of the words "A Joint Committee shall fix its own quorum."
(2) The Committee further recommend the insertion at the end of Orders 100 and 103 of the words "the proceedings for such election to begin de novo.”
Signithe, GLENAVY,
Cathaoirleach an Choiste,
Chairman of Committee.