This Bill is to provide statutory authority for the 20 per cent. increase in the pension payable to the widow of Terence MacSwiney. The increase is being paid since the 1st August last on foot of a Supplementary Estimate for pensions approved by Dáil Éireann on 18th July, 1962.
Message from Dáil. - MacSwiney (Pension) (Increase) Bill, 1962 (Certified Money Bill) — Second and Subsequent Stages.
Question proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
Question put and agreed to.
Agreed to take remaining Stages today.
Bill put through Committee, reported without recommendation, received for final consideration and ordered to be returned to the Dáil.