Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 2 Dec 1924

Vol. 9 No. 19

DAIL IN COMMITTEE.

Mr. McGILLIGAN

On behalf of the Minister for Finance I beg to move amendment 11:—

In page 7, before Section 15, to insert a new section as follows:—

(1) The Minister shall, after consultation with such bodies and persons as he may consider most representative of the several interests concerned, establish by order a consultative council for giving advice and assistance to the Minister in connection with any matter in relation to the making of regulations under, or otherwise carrying into execution of, the provisions of this Act, or any other matter affecting the live stock industry.

(2) The said consultative council shall consist of such persons as the Minister after such consultation as aforesaid shall from time to time nominate to be members thereof, each of whom shall unless he previously dies or resigns, retain his membership for two years only from the date of his nomination but shall be eligible for re-nomination.

(3) The said consultative council shall meet whenever summoned by the Minister and also on such occasions as the council may from time to time determine.

(4) Payments may be made by the Minister out of moneys to be provided by the Oireachtas to members of the said consultative council and committees thereof, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, in respect of repayment of travelling expenses and payment of subsistence allowance.

MINISTER for LANDS and AGRICULTURE

This amendment was fully discussed on last Friday in connection with the previous amendment, and I take it there is no occasion to go again into the issues raised.

Amendment put and agreed to.

Mr. DUGGAN

I move amendment 12:—

In page 7, line 18, to add to Section 16 a sub-section as follows:—

"(2) Every person who without lawful authority alters or defaces or permits the alteration or defacement of any mark placed by an inspector on any bull under this Act, or who without lawful authority places on any bull any mark the same as a mark prescribed under this Act, or so closely resembling any such mark as to be calculated to deceive, shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, at the option of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such imprisonment and such fine."

The effect of the amendment is to make it an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment to alter or deface any mark placed by an inspector on a bull.

Amendment put and agreed to.

Bill, as further amended, ordered to be reported.