I move:—
That Dáil Eireann approves of the convention ensuring benefit or allowances to the involuntarily unemployed adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 18th Session, a copy of which was laid on the Table of the Dáil on the 7th May, 1935, and recommends the Executive Council to take the necessary steps for its ratification.
The convention to which I refer was, as stated in the Resolution, laid on the Table of the House in May, 1935. It was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its session in Geneva in June, 1934. It is proposed to ask the Dáil to approve of its ratification. The Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1935, and the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 and 1935, constitute adequate enabling legislation, and no alteration in these Acts will be necessary consequent on the ratification of the convention.