Might I ask what procedure we are drifting into now? The Dairy Produce Bill was not taken owing to the absence of the Minister for Agriculture. Is it to be taken up when he appears in the House?
Constitution (Removal of Oath) Bill, 1932—Third Stage (Resumed).
Debate resumed on the following amendment:—
In paragraph(a) to delete the words “of Article 17 thereof” and before the word “and” line 27 to insert the words “in Article 17 thereof of all words in the last paragraph beginning with the words ‘Such oath shall be taken and subscribed’ and ending with the words ‘authorised by him.’”—(Deputy McGilligan).
That is what I propose to do. Perhaps we could come to a division on one of these points.
I think if we had a division it would bring the Minister here.
Divide on the amendment now and we can discuss the clause afterwards.
If you have talked out the previous amendment, I am quite prepared to do that.
The practice has been that on an amendment of this nature the whole section has been discussed.
With great respect, I got a ruling yesterday—I was very specific about it—that there would be permission to debate on the section such matters as were raised, to my mind, quite irrelevantly on the amendment—matters like the Privy Council, co-equality and all the other things that were spoken of. I had not intended even to go into these matters much less to exhaust them on the specific amendment. I confined myself to the amendment, and the debate was conducted on that understanding, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle assuring me that I was accurate in the assumption to which I have referred.
I raised that point with the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and it was distinctly understood that the section would be discussed. After a few irrelevant speeches—if I may so describe them, without offence—from the Government Benches, I suggested that we should get back to the amendment, and I finished up on that note.
Is the Deputy seriously suggesting that every line of that section was not discussed in connection with the amendment?
Not as much as it might have been.
I shall put the amendment.
Question put—"That the words proposed to be deleted stand."
The Committee divided: Tá, 76; Níl, 53.
Tá
- Aiken, Frank.
- Allen, Denis.
- Bartley, Gerald.
- Beegan, Patrick.
- Blaney, Neal.
- Boland, Gerald.
- Boland, Patrick.
- Bourke, Daniel.
- Brady, Bryan.
- Brady, Sean.
- Breathnach, Cormac.
- Breen, Daniel.
- Briscoe, Robert.
- Browne, William Frazer.
- Carney, Frank.
- Carty, Frank.
- Clery, Mícheál.
- Colbert, James.
- Cooney, Eamonn.
- Corish, Richard.
- Corry, Martin John.
- Crowley, Fred. Hugh.
- Crowley, Tadhg.
- Curran, Patrick Joseph.
- Davin, William.
- Derrig, Thomas.
- De Valera, Eamon.
- Dillon, James M.
- Everett, James.
- Flinn, Hugo. V.
- Flynn, John.
- Flynn, Stephen.
- Fogarty, Andrew.
- Ceoghegan, James.
- Gibbons, Seán.
- Gormley, Francis.
- Gorry, Patrick Joseph.
- Goulding, John.
- Harris, Thomas.
- Hayes, Seán.
- Hogan, Patrick (Clare).
- Humphreys, Francis.
- Jordan, Stephen.
- Kelly, James Patrick.
- Kennedy, Michael Joseph.
- Keyes, Raphael Patrick.
- Kilroy, Michael.
- Kissane, Eamonn.
- Lemass, Seán F.
- Little, Patrick John.
- Lynch, James B.
- MacEntee, Seán.
- Maguire, Ben.
- Maguire, Conor Alexander.
- Moane, Edward.
- Moore, Séamus.
- Moylan, Seán.
- Murphy, Patrick Stephen.
- Murphy, Timothy Joseph.
- O'Grady, Seán.
- O'Kelly, Seán Thomas.
- O'Reilly, Matthew.
- O'Reilly, Thomas J.
- O'Rourke, Daniel.
- Powell, Thomas P.
- Rice, Edward.
- Ruttledge, Patrick J.
- Ryan, James.
- Ryan, Robert.
- Sexton, Martin.
- Sheehy, Timothy.
- Sheridan, Michael.
- Smith, Patrick.
- Traynor, Oscar.
- Walsh, Richard.
- Ward, Francis C. (Dr.).
Níl
- Alton, Ernest Henry.
- Anthony, Richard.
- Beckett, James Walter.
- Bennett, George Cecil.
- Blythe, Ernest.
- Brasier, Brooke.
- Broderick, William Jos.
- Brodrick, Seán.
- Burke, Patrick.
- Coburn, James.
- Collins-O'Driscoll, Mrs. Margt.
- Conlon, Martin.
- Cosgrave, William T.
- Craig, Sir James.
- Davis, Michael.
- Desmond, William.
- Dockrell, Henry Morgan.
- McGilligan, Patrick.
- McMenamin, Daniel.
- Minch, Sydney B.
- Mongan, Joseph W.
- Morrissey, Daniel.
- Mulcahy, Richard.
- Nally, Martin.
- O'Connor, Batt.
- O'Hara, Patrick.
- O'Mahony, The.
- Doyle, Peadar Seán.
- Duggan, Edmund John.
- Finlay, Thomas A.
- Fitzgerald, Desmond.
- Fitzgerald-Kenney, James.
- Good, John.
- Gorey, Denis John.
- Hassett, John J.
- Hayes, Michael.
- Hennessy, Thomas.
- Hennigan, John.
- Keogh, Myles.
- Kiersey, John.
- Lynch, Finian.
- MacDermot, Frank.
- McDonogh, Fred.
- MacEoin, Seán.
- O'Neill, Eamonn.
- O'Shaughnessy, John Joseph.
- O'Sullivan, Gearóid.
- O'Sullivan, John Marcus.
- Reidy, James.
- Roddy, Martin.
- Shaw, Patrick Walter.
- Thrift, William Edward.
- Vaughan, Daniel.
Tellers: Tá: Deputies G. Boland and Allen; Níl: Deputies Duggan and P. S. Doyle.
Question declared carried.
The Dáil went out of Committee.
Progress reported.
Committee to sit again later.