Dáil Éireann - Volume 29 - 18 April, 1929

In Committee on Finance. - Deputy's Explanation

Mr. Davin Mr. Davin

Mr. Davin: On a point of personal explanation, I desire to say that Deputy Professor Thrift, having had access to the Official Report of yesterday's proceedings, which, so far as I know, has not yet been circulated to Deputies, made a personal statement after Question Time to-day in which he dealt with supplementary questions that I addressed arising out of Question 22 to the Minister for Lands and Fisheries. I addressed that question to the Minister after I had been informed, after I had reason to believe, and also after I believed that certain undue influence had been exercised in regard to the acquisition of certain lands. After I had been informed on two occasions by letter that those lands were about to be acquired for the relief of congestion, and after a confirming statement was made by the Minister here, I asked a supplementary question in which I alleged that undue influence had been exercised by one of the representatives of Trinity College. Deputy Professor Thrift knows very well, from what I said to him afterwards in the Lobby, that he was not the Deputy referred to.

Professor Thrift Professor Thrift

Professor Thrift: He did not know at that time you made the statement.

An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes

An Ceann Comhairle: The whole point is not about the Land Commission, but whether the statement was made about the Deputy in question.

Mr. Davin Mr. Davin

Mr. Davin: Deputies Professor Thrift, Sir James Craig and Professor Alton have denied in this House that they have interfered in any way in this particular case, and as I have a certain standard of honour, inside and outside this House, I feel obliged to accept their word, and I do accept it.

The Dáil adjourned at 10.35 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Friday, 19th April.

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