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2 Dec 1948 - Mr. de Valera Section 5 sets out that "This Act may be cited as the Republic of Ireland Act, 1948."...came from the draftsman's office in that form—from my experience I would be greatly surprised that a Bill...purporting to do what this Bill does would be described as a Republic of Ireland Bill.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948— Committee.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-01/57/

1 Dec 1948 - I was anxious that the 21st January, if at all possible, should be the date fixed for bringing this Bill...I would still appeal to the Government to try to have the Bill brought into operation on that date in...Then there was a date mentioned in 1937 and now we have dates mentioned in 1948 and 1949....I would appeal to the Government if at all possible to bring the Bill into operation on the 21st January...next, that is the 30th Anniversary of the declaration of the republic.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-02/22/

2 Dec 1948 - Aiken What does this Bill do?...It declares that "the description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland"....is a republic....They cannot solemnly pass a Bill in this House describing the State as the Republic of Ireland and deny...that it is a republic.

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-02/22/

2 Dec 1948 - MacEntee This Bill we are discussing now is the Republic of Ireland Bill and I am asking what sort of...republic we are going to have....Is it going to be a republic according to this Constitution?

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-02/22/

2 Dec 1948 - Aiken The section of the Bill referring to the republic states that:— "It is hereby declared that the...description of the State shall be the Republic of Ireland."

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-02/22/

2 Dec 1948 - Bill, 1948"....through the House, that we have an Irish Republic recognised at home and abroad as such, this Bill justifies...the world that the Republic of Ireland is in fact the Republic of Ireland....Does therefore this Bill purport, in so far as it describes the State as the Republic of Ireland, to...Does it purport, as far as it describes the State as the Republic of Ireland, to repeal or infringe upon

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948— Committee.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-01/57/

1 Dec 1948 - Byrne I do not wish at this stage to oppose the Bill or any part of it any further, but I must say that...If we are to accept the Constitution of 1937, Article 5 of which says that Ireland is a sovereign democratic...State, then we have a constitutional declaration that Ireland is a republic....would have been to bring in a short Bill to amend the Constitution, Article 5, to read: "Ireland is...a republic."

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948— Committee.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-01/57/

1 Dec 1948 - Corry I wish to welcome into the fold, back to the republic, without any hard feelings, all the black...If the fatted calf is to take the shape of the Republic of Ireland Bill, in God's name, let us give it

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948— Committee.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-01/57/

1 Dec 1948 - An Leas-Cheann Comhairle What is before the House is Section 2 of the Bill, which sets out that the...description of the State shall be "The Republic of Ireland".

Debate: Dáil Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Committee (Resumed).

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-02/22/

2 Dec 1948 - In 1948, he says we had no King....Then I said that we had a republic and that we had no republic....In 1938, Deputy de Valera stated:— "There is no legal obstacle to your declaring a republic in the morning...Dáil Éireann has only got to repeal the External Relations Act, 1936, and you have a complete republic...in fact for this part of Ireland."

Debate: Seanad Éireann

The Republic of Ireland Bill, 1948—Second Stage.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1948-12-09/4/

9 Dec 1948 - Let us look at this Bill, a very short Bill indeed, entitled "The Republic of Ireland Act, 1948"....”, but it is to me completely erroneous to talk about the Republic of Ireland Bill....It is not the Republic of Ireland....Its correct title should be “The Republic of the Twenty-six-thirty-seconds of Ireland Bill” or the “Republic...of Eighty-one per cent. of Ireland Bill” or, if you like, the “ De facto, de jure Republic of Ireland

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