On behalf of the Minister for Finance I ask the leave of the Dáil to have printed and circulated the Dáil Eireann Loans and Funds Bill. It is, perhaps, proper that when we are about to float the first Free State Loan we should also pass a Bill to deal with the financial liabilities of the two previous Dáils. This is "A Bill to make provision for the disposal of the property of the First Dáil Eireann and the Second Dáil Eireann, and for the redemption or discharge of the loans floated by, and the other liabilities, of the First Dáil Eireann and the Second Dáil Eireann." I move for the leave of the Dáil to introduce this Bill.
DAIL EIREANN LOANS AND FUNDS BILL, 1923.—FIRST STAGE.
I beg to second.
Question put and agreed to. Second Reading Stage ordered for Thursday, 6th December.