Could I say at this stage that we are opposed to the Bill because we think it is a wrong way of providing arbitration for agricultural workers? However, if we can get any improvement on the present procedure under the Agricultural Wages Board, we certainly will consider it on its merits.
Private Members' Business. - Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill, 1958—Second Stage (Resumed).
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
Question put.
The Dáil divided: Tá, 14; Níl, 100.
Tá
- Carroll, James.
- Casey, Seán.
- Corish, Brendan.
- Desmond, Daniel.
- Everett, James.
- Kyne, Thomas A.
- Larkin, Denis.
- McAuliffe, Patrick.
- Murphy, Michael P.
- Norton, William.
- Sherwin, Frank.
- Spring, Dan.
- Tierney, Patrick.
- Tully, John.
Níl
- Allen, Denis.
- Barrett, Stephen D.
- Barry, Richard.
- Belton, Jack.
- Blaney, Neil T.
- Boland, Gerald.
- Boland, Kevin.
- Booth, Lionel.
- Brennan, Joseph.
- Brennan, Paudge.
- Browne, Seán.
- Burke, James.
- Burke, Patrick.
- Byrne, Patrick.
- Calleary, Phelim A.
- Carty, Michael.
- Clohessy, Patrick.
- Coburn, George.
- Collins, James J.
- Coogan, Fintan.
- Cosgrave, Liam.
- Cotter, Edward.
- Crotty, Patrick J.
- Crowley, Honor M.
- Cummins, Patrick J.
- Cunningham, Liam.
- Davern, Mick.
- de Valera, Vivion.
- Dillon, James M.
- Doherty, Seán.
- Donegan, Batt.
- Lynch, Thaddeus.
- MacCarthy, Seán.
- McEllistrim, Thomas.
- MacEoin, Seán.
- McMenamin, Daniel.
- Maher, Peadar.
- Manley, Timothy.
- Medlar, Martin.
- Millar, Anthony G.
- Moher, John W.
- Moloney, Daniel J.
- Mooney, Patrick.
- Moran, Michael.
- Mulcahy, Richard.
- Murphy, William.
- Ó Briain, Donnchadh.
- O'Ceallaigh, Seán.
- O'Donnell, Patrick.
- O'Higgins, Michael J.
- Dooley, Patrick.
- Egan, Kieran P.
- Egan, Nicholas.
- Esmonde, Sir Anthony C.
- Fagan, Charles.
- Fanning, John.
- Faulkner, Pádraig.
- Flanagan, Oliver J.
- Flynn, Stephen.
- Galvin, John.
- Geoghegan, John.
- Gibbons, James.
- Gilbride, Eugene.
- Giles, Patrick.
- Gogan, Richard P.
- Healy, Augustine A.
- Hillery, Patrick J.
- Hilliard, Michael.
- Hogan, Bridget.
- Humphreys, Francis.
- Johnston, Henry M.
- Jones, Denis F.
- Kenneally, William.
- Kennedy, Michael J.
- Kenny, Henry.
- Killilea, Mark.
- Kitt, Michael F.
- Lemass, Seán.
- Lindsay, Patrick.
- Loughman, Frank.
- Lynch, Celia.
- O'Higgins, Thomas F.
- O'Malley, Donogh.
- O'Reilly, Patrick.
- Ormonde, John.
- O'Sullivan, Denis J.
- O'Toole, James.
- Palmer, Patrick W.
- Reynolds, Mary.
- Rogers, Patrick J.
- Rooney, Eamonn.
- Russell, George E.
- Ryan, James.
- Ryan, Mary B.
- Ryan, Richie.
- Sheldon, William A. W.
- Smith, Patrick.
- Sweetman, Gerard.
- Traynor, Oscar.
- Wycherley, Florence.
Tellers:—Tá: Deputies Corish and M.P. Murphy; Níl: Deputies Ó Briain and Loughman.
Question declared lost.
I take it this is an indication of the new national unity and the Taoiseach's classless society.
Another puff of the old steam engine.