asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the number of books or publications submitted by interested persons to the Censorship Board for their consideration in each of the years 1954 to 1957, inclusive, and in respect of 1957 the number submitted in each month from June to December, inclusive.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Submissions to Censorship Board.
The number of books submitted to the Censorship of Publications Board by members of the public in the years 1954 to 1957, were, respectively, 31, 48, 41 and 52. The corresponding figures for periodical publications were: 1, 36, 51 and 21. The figures for the months June to December, 1957, inclusive, were (a) books: nil, 2, nil, nil, 1, 25 and 8; (b) periodical publications: nil, 1, nil, nil, 1, 1 and 6.