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Dáil Éireann - Volume 39 - 26 June, 1931 Adaptation of Enactments Bill, 1931—First Stage. Leave given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the adaptation to the circumstances of Saorstát Eireann of Acts passed by a Parliament sitting in Ireland at any time before the coming into operation of the Union with Ireland Act, 1800, and orders, rules and regulations made under such Acts.—[Minister for Justice (Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney).] An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes An Ceann Comhairle: When is it proposed to take the Second Stage? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: On Wednesday. Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: We have not got the Bill yet. Surely the Minister does not intend to take the Second Reading without the Bill having been circulated? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: This Bill will be circulated. I can assure the Deputy that it is a perfectly innocuous Bill. Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: I should like to see it first. Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: If the Deputy on Wednesday asks that it should not be taken we will consider that. Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: I have a rooted objection to taking the Second Reading of any Bill, innocuous or otherwise, with less than a fortnight's time to consider it. Even the most formal consideration could not be given to any Bill in such a short space of time as this. An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes An Ceann Comhairle: Did the Minister say that if objection is taken on Wednesday he will not proceed with it? Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney 1129 [1129] Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: We can postpone it until Thursday. Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: That would not be satisfactory either. Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: It is only a one-clause Bill. Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: The Minister may be in a tremendous hurry to get King James's law made law in this country. Perhaps there is something of that kind in the Bill. I have only just read the long title. It may go back to 1647 or 1680 or 1690. That might be a desirable thing from some point of view, but, at all events, the Acts at that time applied to all Ireland. Whatever the Bill proposes to deal with, as a matter of order and procedure I shall certainly object to its being considered on Wednesday or Thursday, or before Wednesday week at the earliest. Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney Mr. Fitzgerald-Kenney: I am afraid the Deputy does not quite know what an Enactment Order means. It does not deal with specific Bills. The Orders will have to be laid on the Table of the House. The President The President The President: It has no reference to King James. An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes An Ceann Comhairle: Unless agreement can be reached we must put the motion that the Second Reading be taken on Wednesday. The President The President The President: Could the Deputy not wait until he sees the Bill? Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly Mr. O'Kelly: I have no particular objection to or wish to see this Bill, but, on principle, I object to Bills being rushed in this fashion without very grave reasons. Question—“That the Second Stage of the Bill be taken on Wednesday next”—put and declared carried. Dáil Éireann 39 Adaptation of Enactments Bill, 1931—First Stage. General Debate 19310626
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