I am a little puzzled by the distinction made between the Civil Service of the Government and the Civil Service of the State. What is the difference, if any?
Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Bill, 1973: Committee and Final Stages.
SECTION 1.
Question proposed: "That section 1 stand part of the Bill".
The Civil Service of the Government covers Government Departments while the Civil Service of the State covers the Attorney General's Office, the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Comptroller and Auditor General's Office. The definition was settled in a Supreme Court ruling in 1956. The Chief State Solicitor's office was not employed in the Civil Service of the Government.
Question put and agreed to.
Sections 2 to 6, inclusive, agreed to.
Title agreed to.
Bill reported without amendment, received for final consideration and passed.