I want to say this, that there are certain circumstances under which I would oppose the adoption of Section 4 of the present Bill. I am, however, in an unfortunate position in that the circumstances in which I would oppose the section would be if the Minister indicated that he was not prepared to give consideration to the requests made by various Senators on the Second Reading. These requests sought to give facilities to Irish associations formed on a mutual basis for conducting mechanically-propelled vehicle insurance. The point I want to make is that there is something very anomalous and farfetched about the idea of the Irish Parliament solemnly legislating to enable the Minister to invite English or foreign companies in here to transact that business, and at the same time, to refuse to grant similar concessions within a limited way to Irish associations.
I feel there is something very anomalous about it. If the two went hand-in-hand and the Minister was to give definite assurance that that anomaly would be cleared up, I would not have any objection to Section 4, but otherwise I would oppose this section. I may mention that I am in some difficulty, because amendments in my name are not before the House and it has been indicated to me that the Chair proposes to rule them out of order. If they are, in fact, ruled out of order, I want to be taken as objecting to the adoption of the section.
