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OIREACHTAS.

TUARASGABHAIL ON gCO-CHOISTE AR BHILLE TRAMBHEALACH AONTUITHE BHAILE ATHA CLIATH (SEIRBHISI OMNIBUS), 1924, A CUIREADH THAR nAIS.

REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DUBLIN UNITED TRAMWAYS (OMNIBUS SERVICES) BILL, 1924, RECOMMITTED.

1. Do có-dhineadh an Có-Choiste mar leanas:—

Liam Thrift, Teachta, Cathaoirleach; Seoirse MacNiocaill, Pádraig Baxter agus Tadhg O Murchadha, Teachtaí; Iarla Cill Mhanntain, Seán O Fearghail, agus Liam O Bearáin, Seanadóirí.

2. Le rún a rith an Seanad 9 Mí na Nodlag, 1924, do cuireadh an Bille thar n-ais chun an Chó-Choiste chun na leasuithe seo a leanas, a tairgeadh le linn Ceathrú Céim an Bhille sa tSeanad, do bhreithniú, eadhon:—

1. Section 3, Paragraph (a), line 12—to delete the words “and the said Minister after public inquiry duly advertised in reference thereto shall determine same.”

2. Section 8, line 24. After the word “luggage” to insert the words “not exceeding 28 lbs in weight.”

3. Do shuidh an Có-Choiste Dé Máirt, 3 Feabhra, 1925.

4. Tuairiscíonn an Có-Choiste gur bhreithníodar na leasuithe a tairgeadh agus molaid.

(i.) in ionad an leasuithe a tairgeadh a dhéanamh ar Alt 3, an ní seo a leanas:—

Section 3, Paragraph (a). To delete the paragraph and to substitute therefor the following paragraphs:—

“(a) The Company before running any omnibus in pursuance of the powers conferred on it by this Act shall from time to time as occasion may require submit to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health for his approval particulars of any route or routes on which the Company proposes to run omnibuses and the Company shall not run omnibuses on any route not previously approved of by the said Minister.

“Before giving his approval to a route for the purposes of this paragraph, the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall notify every local authority through the area of which such route passes and shall consider any representations made by any such local authority in respect of such route and should he consider it necessary may hold a public local inquiry into the circumstances of the case. This paragraph shall not apply to the running of any omnibus by the Company for the purpose of meeting a public requirement of a temporary nature or an immediate necessity.

“(b) For the purposes of any local inquiry directed by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health under this section inspectors of the said Minister shall have the same powers as if such inquiry had been directed under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts, 1878 to 1919.

“(c) The costs incurred by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health in relation to any local inquiry directed by him under this section, including the salary of any inspector or officer of the said Minister engaged therein not exceeding five guineas a day but not including any costs incurred by any local authority or others appearing at such local inquiry shall be paid by the Company and the said Minister may certify the amount of such costs payable to him and every sum so certified shall be a debt due by the Company to the said Minister.”

(ii.) glaca leis an leasú a tairgeadh a dhéanamh ar Alt. 8.

5. Molann an Có-Choiste, leis, an províso so a leanas, a thairg an Roinn Puist agus Telegrafa, do chur le hAlt 8:—

“Provided that the Company shall perform with respect to the omnibuses run by it under the provisions of this Act all such services in regard to the conveyance of mails as the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs is entitled to require from it with respect to its tramways under section 24 of the Dublin United Tramways (Electrical Power) Act, 1897, and the provisions of section 2 and section 5 (1) first paragraph of the Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893, shall apply to the said omnibuses in the same manner as if such omnibuses were tramways within the meaning of the said Act.”

6. Agus iad ag breithniú an Bhille a cuireadh thar n-ais chúcha bhí os a gcóir ag an gCó-Choiste tuarasgabháil eile ón Roinn Rialtais Aitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí. Aontuíonn an Có-Choiste le molta na Roinne.

Cathaoirleach an Chó-Choiste.

3adh Feabhra, 1925.