Committee Reports > List of Committees > Dáil > 1928 > Committee on Procedure and Privileges > Report No. 01 - Procedure and Privileges (the Incapacity of James Larkin for Membership of the Oireachtas)

IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Dé hAoine, 9adh Márta, 1928.

Friday, 9th March, 1928.

1. Do tháinig an Coiste le chéile ar 10.5 a.m. i Seomra Coiste a 106.

2. Bhí na baill seo leanas i láthair:—

An Ceann Comhairle (i gCeannas); Proinnsias O hAodhagáin, Gearóid O Beolláin, Briaín Cupéir, Eamon O Dúgáin, Peadar O Dubhghaill, Pádraig O Caoilte, Seán Mac an tSaoi, Domhnall O Muirgheasa, Seán O hAnnluain agus Gearóid O Súilleabháin.

3. D’ath-chromadh ar an Díospóireacht ar an dtairisgint seo leanas do dhin Gearóid O Súilleabháin ar an 8adh Márta:—

“That, after hearing evidence, and after examining certain official files submitted to it, the Committee is satisfied that James Larkin, described as of Unity Hall, 31 Marlboro’ Street, in the City of Dublin, returned by the Returning Officer for the Borough Constituency of Dublin North as one of the eight persons elected to serve in the Dáil for that Constituency at the General Election held on the 15th day of September, 1927, was on that date an undischarged bankrupt under an adjudication by a Court of competent jurisdiction in Saorstát Eireann;

“The Committee consequently answer in the affirmative the two questions referred to it in the Resolution of the Dáil of Friday, March 2nd, 1928.”

Leasú tairgthe (Proinnsias O hAodhagáin):

“To delete all words after the word ‘Committee’ where that word first occurs and add the words ‘considers that it has heard no evidence which would be held to be conclusive in a court of law to enable it to establish the identity of the James Larkin who was the candidate nominated for the Borough Constituency of Dublin North at the General Election of September, 1927.”’

Ceist curtha; do dhin an Coiste vótáil; Tá, 4; Níl, 5:—

Tá:—Proinnsias O hAodhagáin, Gearóid O Beolláin, Pádraig O Caoilte agus Seán Mac an tSaoi.

Níl:—Eamon O Dúgáin, Peadar O Dubhghaill, Domhnall O Muirgheasa, Seán O hAnnluain agus Gearóid O Súilleabháin.

Do faisnéiseadh dá réir sin go rabhthas tar éis diúltú don leasú.

Bun-Cheist curtha; do dhin an Coiste vótáil; Tá, 5; Níl, 4:—

Tá:—Eamon O Dúgáin, Peadar O Dubhghaill, Domhnall O Muirgheasa, Seán O hAnnluain agus Gearóid O Súilleabháin.

Níl:—Proinnsias O hAodhagáin, Gearóid O Beolláin, Pádraig O Caoilte agus Seán Mac an tSaoi.

Do faisnéiseadh dá réir sin go rabhthas tar éis glaca leis an dtairisgint.

4. Do cuireadh timpal an DreachtTuarasgabháil seo leanas a thug an Cathaoirleach isteach:—

“DRAFT REPORT

FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES.

1. The questions referred to the Committee by the Resolution of the Dáil of Friday, the 2nd of March, 1928—

(1) Whether James Larkin, described as of Unity Hall, 31 Marlboro’ Street, in the City of Dublin, returned by the Returning Officer for the Borough Constituency of Dublin North as one of the eight persons returned to serve in the Dáil for that constituency at the General Election held on the 15th day of September, 1927, is one and the same person as James Larkin described as of 54 Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, in the County of Dublin, Labour Organiser, who on the 21st day of November, 1924, was adjudicated bankrupt by a Court of competent jurisdiction in Saorstát Eireann; and

(2) If James Larkin, described as of Unity Hall, 31 Marlboro’ Street, in the City of Dublin, be one and the same person as James Larkin described as of 54 Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, in the County of Dublin; whether the said James Larkin described as of Unity Hall, 31 Marlboro’ Street, in the City of Dublin, was on the 15th day of September, 1927, an undischarged bankrupt under an adjudication by a Court of competent jurisdiction in Saorstát Eireann, have been inquired into by the Committee.

2. The Committee examined certain official files and heard evidence from the Returning Officer for the Borough Constituency of Dublin North at the General Election of September, 1927.

3. As a result of that examination, and of the evidence given before it, the Committee reports that it is satisfied that James Larkin, described as of Unity Hall, 31 Marlboro’ Street, in the City of Dublin, returned by the Returning Officer for the Borough Constituency of Dublin North as one of the eight persons elected to serve in the Dáil for that Constituency at the General Election held on the 15th day of September, 1927, was on that date an undischarged bankrupt under an adjudication by a Court of competent jurisdiction in Saorstát Eireann.

4. The Committee consequently answers in the affirmative the two questions referred to it in the Resolution of the Dáil of Friday, March 2nd, 1928.”

Do thairg Eamon O Dúgáin:—

“That the Chairman’s Draft Report be the Report of the Committee to the Dáil.”

Ceist curtha; do dhin an Coiste vótáil; Tá, 6; Níl, 4:—

Tá:—Brian Cúipéir, Eamon O Dúgáin, Peadar O Dubhghaill, Domhnall O Muirgheasa, Séan O hAnnluain agus Gearóid O Súilleabháin.

Níl:—Proinnsias O hAodhagáin, Gearóid O Beolláin, Pádraig O Caoilte agus Seán Mac an tSaoi.

Do faisnéiseadh dá réir sin go rabhthas tar éis glaca leis an dtairisgint.

Orduithe: a thuairisciú dá réir sin.

Orduithe: An Tuarasgabháil do thíolaca don Dáil iniu.

5. Do cuireadh an Coiste ar ath-ló ar 11.30 a.m.