Dáil Éireann - Volume 40 - 14 October, 1931 Constitiution (Amendment No. 17) Bill, 1931—First stage.
The President The President
The President: I move for leave to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution by inserting therein an Article making better provision for safeguarding the rights of the people and containing provisions for meeting a prevalence of disorder.
An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes
An Ceann Comhairle: Is the motion opposed?
Mr. de Valera Mr. de Valera
Mr. de Valera: Yes.
An Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes
An Ceann Comhairle: Very well; a statement will be allowed on each side.
The President The President
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The President: A state of affairs exists in the country which is known to Deputies, and further details of which I propose to lay before the House to-day. In its present state the law is inadequate to deal with the situation. The Bill which I am now asking for leave to introduce contains the Government's proposals for the [25] amendment of the law to deal with the present circumstances. It seems quite beyond dispute that the House ought to give itself the opportunity of seeing what the Government's proposals are. I move therefore, for leave to introduce the Bill.
Mr. de Valera Mr. de Valera
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Mr. de Valera: Our position is that [26] we believe there is no need whatever, beyond the present powers that the Executive have, for any further powers to deal with any situation that we know of and accordingly we are opposed to the motion. Question put. The Dáil divided : Tá, 82; Níl, 64. Tá
Aird, William P. Alton, Ernest Henry. Anthony, Richard. Beckett, James Walter. Bennet, George Cecil. Blythe, Ernest. Bourke, Séamus A. Brennan, Michael Brodrick, Seán. Byrne, John Joseph. Carey, Edmund. Cole, John James. Collins-O'Driscoll, Mrs. Margt. Colan, Martin. Connoly, Michael P. Cosgrave, William T. Craig, Sir James. Crowley, James. Daly, John. Davis, Michael. Doherty, Eugene. Dolan, James N. Doyle, Peadar Seán. Duggan, Edmund John. Dwyer, James. Egan, Barry M. Esmonde, Osmond Thos. Grattan. Finlay, Thomas A. Fitzgerald, Desmond. Fitzgerald-Kenney, James, Good, John. Gorey, Denis J. Haslett, Alexander. Hassett, John J. Heffernan, Michael R. Hennessy, Michael Joseph. Hennigan, John. Henrh, Mark. Hogan, Patrick (Galway). Holohan, Richard. Jordan, Michael. |
Kelly, Patrick Michael. Keogh, Myles. Law, Hugh Alexander. Leonard, Patrick. Lyuch, Finian. Mathews, Arthur Patrick. McDonogh, Martin. MacEóin, Seán. McFadden, Michael Og. McGilligan, Patrick. Mongan, Joseph W. Morrissey, Daniel. Mulcaphy, Richard. Murphy, James E. Murphy, Joseph Xavier. Myles, James Sproule. Nallyy, Martin Michael. Nolan, John Thomas. O'Connell, Richard. O'Connor, Bartholomew. O'Donovan, Timothy Joseph. O'Hanlon, John F. O'Higgins, Thomas. O'Leary, Daniel. O'Mahony, The. O,Reilly, John J. O'Sullivan, Gearóid. O'Sullivan, John Marcus. Redmond, William Archer. Reynolds, Patrick. Rice, Vincent. Roddy, Martin. Shaw, Patrick W. Sheehy, Timothy (West Cork). Thrift, William Edward. Tierney, Michael. Vaughan, Daniel. White, John. White, Vincent Joseph. Wolfe, George. Wolfe, Jasper Travers. | Níl
Aiken, Frank. Allen, Devis Blanney, Neal Boland, Gerald. Boland, Patrick. Bourke, Dabiel. Brady, Seán. Briscoe, Rebert. Broderick, Henry. Buckley, Danniel. Carty, Frank. Clancy, Patrick. Cassidy, Archie J. Clery, Michael. Colbert, James. Cooney, Eamon.
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[27]Harris, Thomas. Hayes, Seán. Hogan, Patrick (Clare). Houlihan, Patrick. Jordan, Stephen. Kennedy, Michael Joseph. Kent, William R. Killilea, Mark. Kilroy, Michael. Lemass, Seán F. Little, Patrick John. Maguire, Ben. McEllistrim, Thomas. MacEntee, Seán. Moore, Séamus. Mullins, Thomas. Mullins, Thomas. |
Corkery, Dan. Corish, Richard. Corry, Martin John. Crowley, Fred, Hugh. Crowley, Tadhg. Davin, William. Derrig, Thomas. De Valera, Eamon. Doyle, Edward. Everett, James. Fahy, Frank. Flinn, Hugo. Fogarty, Andrew French, Seán. Gorry Patrick J Goulding, John.
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[28]Murphy, Timothy Joseph. O'Connell, Thomas J. O'Dowd, Patrick Joseph. O'Kelly, Seán T. O'Leary, William. O'Reilly, Matthew. O'Reilly, Thomas. Powell, Thomas P. Ruttledge, Patrick J. Ryan, James. Sexton, Martin. Sheehy, Timothy (Tipp.) Smith, Patrick. Tubridy, John. Walsh, Richard. Ward, Francis C. Ward, Francis C. | Tellers:—Tá: Deputies Duggan and P.S. Doyle; Níl: Deputies G. Boland and Allen. Question declared carried.
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