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Seanad Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 18 Nov 1959

Vol. 51 No. 12

Imposition of Duties (Medicinal Tablets) Order, 1959: Motion.

Roimh thosú dúinn ar Orduithe an Lae is mian liom cur in iúl don Teach gurb é mo thuairim go bhfuil Tairiscint Uimh. 15, atá in ainm an tSeanadóra Ó Síthigh Sceimhealtún, as ordú.

Maidir le hOrduithe a dhéantar faoi Alt 1 den Acht d'Fhorchur Dleachtanna, ar ceann acu an tOrdú dá dtagraítear sa tairiscint, más gá dóibh teacht ós comhair an Tí chun a mbreithnithe, is i bhfoirm Bille dhaingnithe a thagann siad i dtráth cuí, agus níl siad inchurtha ar neamhní óir, de réir an Achta, níl sin indéanta ach i gcás Orduithe a rinneadh faoi Alt 3.

Before entering on the Orders of the Day, I should like to inform the House that I consider the motion, No. 15, standing in the name of Senator Sheehy Skeffington, is out of order.

Orders made under Section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957, of which the Order referred to in the motion is one, come, if necessary, before the House for consideration by way of a confirmation Bill in due course and are not subject to the annulment process which is confined by the Act to Orders made under Section 3.

On a point of order, do I take it from this ruling, which I accept, of course, that the Seanad has not in fact got the power to annual this kind of Order?

No; it has not got the power to annual this kind of Order.

Am I right in thinking that we shall, nevertheless, when we are asked to confirm this, have the opportunity to reject it and be quite in order in rejecting it?

In the ordinary course, the matter will come before the House in a confirmation Bill but we cannot be certain that the Order will be involved in the Bill when it comes; something may happen between now and the coming of that Bill.

On a further point of order, have we any indication, as a House, as to how soon this Order will come before the House?

We cannot say precisely when the Bill will come before the House but the matter is covered in Section 2 of the Act itself. Perhaps the Senator would look at that.

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