I move:—
That the Seanad hereby approves of the Gárda Síochána Pensions (No. 2) Order, 1938, made on the 25th day of July, 1938, by the Minister for Justice, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, under Section 13 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925, and laid before the Seanad on the 9th day of February, 1939."
The purpose of this Order is to ensure that the widows and orphans of members of the Gárda Síochána shall not on the whole be in a less favourable position than they would be if the Gárda Síochána were not exempted from the scope of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935. The Department of Local Government and Public Health are satisfied that the benefits conferred by the order bring, as far as widows' pensions and children's allowances are concerned, the Gárda Síochána scheme of pensions into line with the provisions of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act.