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Go bhfuil sé oiriúnach a údarú go n-íocfar amach as airgead a sholá thróidh an tOireachtas aon tsuimeanna a caithfar ar scór aon chúitimh, slánaíochta no aisíoca is iníoctha fé aon Achta a rith far sa tSiosón so chun srian do chur le himeachta dlí do bhunú i dtaobh gníomhartha agus nithe áirithe a dineadh le linn na gleice chun deire do chur le riail an Rialtais Bhriotáinigh in Eirinn agus chun anChéad Dháil Eireann agus an Dara Dáil Eireann fé seach do bhunú mar Rialtas dleathach do Shaorstát Eireann no a dineadh i rith na tréimhse a tháinig láithreach tar éis deire na gleice sin, agus chun forál acha do dhéanamh chun cúiteamh díoc le haicmí áirithe daoine maidir le gníomhartha agus nithe den tsórt roimhráite, agus chun dleathacht do thabhairt do dhaor-bhreitheanna agus d'fheidhmiú daor-bhreitheanna a thug bínsí mileata agus iad ag gníomhú fé údarás an Chéad Dháil Eireann no an Dara Dáil Eireann, agus chun crícheanna eile a bhaineas leis na nithe sin. |
That it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas of any sums expended in respect of any compensation, indemnity or recoupment payable under the authority of any Act of the present Session to restrict the taking of legal proceedings in respect of certain acts and things done during the struggle to bring about the termination of the rule of the British Government in Irelandand the establishment of the first Dáil Eireann and the second Dáil Eireann respectively as the lawful Government of Saorstát Eireann or done during the period immediately succeeding the conclusion of that struggle and to make provision for the payment of compensation to certain classes of persons in relation to such acts and things as aforesaid, and to validate sentences and the execution of sentences imposed by military tribunals acting under the authority of the first Dáil Eireann or the second Dáil Eireann, and for other purposes connected therewith. |
It is not possible with the present information to tell the House what the cost of the payments that may have to be made under this Bill will be, but in any case the debts are debts that must be paid. We were in much the same position in regard to the Estimates and the cost of the Damage to Property Act when that Act was passed. A provision was made for the hearing of claims under that Act on the basis that there were just claims that had to be made. These claims stand under the same category. The number of claims in at the present will not amount to a very great sum, but it is certain on the making of the provisions for the hearing of claims that there will be additional amounts.
