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IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE.PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.Dé Céadaoin, 10 Abrán, 1929.Wednesday, 10 April, 1929.1. Do chruinnigh an Coiste ar meán lae. 2. I láthair: An Rúnaí Páirliminte don Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála (i gCeannas), Séamas Beckett, Aodh O Culacháin, Seán Good, Seán Lemass, Uinseann Ríseach agus Pádraig Ruitléis. 3. Do chrom an Coiste ar an mBille do bhreithniú. (i) Alt 1 aontuithe. (ii) Alt 2. Leasú tairgthe (Uinseann Ríseach ar son Rúnaí Pháirliminte don Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála):— “To insert before Section 2 a new section as follows:— ‘For the purposes of the Principal Act, a person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision of the ordinary necessities of life suitable for persons in his class and position.”’ Ceist:—“Go cuirfar an t-alt nua isteach ansan”—curtha agus aontuithe. Alt 2, aontuithe. (iii) Alt 3 aontuithe. (iv) Alt 4. Leasú tairgthe (Uinseann Ríseach ar son Rúnaí Pháirliminte don Aire Tionnscail agus Tráchtála):— “To insert before Section 4 a new section as follows:— ‘No deduction shall be made under paragraph (1) (a) (i) of the First Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the foregoing section in respect of the amount of any weekly payments made under the Principal Act, so as to reduce the sum payable in respect of the children of the workman under the foregoing section, nor so as to reduce the amount payable under the Principal Act below two hundred pounds.”’ Ceist:—“Go gcuirfar an t-alt nua isteach ansan”—curtha agus aontuithe. Leasú tairgthe (Seán Good):— “To delete Section 4 and to substitute therefor the following section, that is: (1) In paragraph (1) (b) of the First Schedule to the Principal Act, thirty shillings shall be substituted for one pound as the maximum amount of the weekly payment. (2) Where the maximum weekly payment payable under the Principal Act, as amended by the foregoing sub-section, to a workman who is totally incapacitated is less than twenty-five shillings, the workman shall be entitled during such incapacity to a weekly addition equal to one-half of the difference between such maximum weekly payment and the sum of twenty-five shillings or his average weekly earnings, whichever is the less, and such addition shall, for all the purposes of the Principal Act, be treated as if it were part of the weekly payment. (3) In the case of partial incapacity, the weekly payment shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the said Schedule, be of the following amount: (a) if the maximum weekly payment, had the incapacity been total incapacity, would have amounted to twenty-five shillings a week or upwards, the weekly payment in case of partial incapacity shall be one-half the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some suitable employment or business after the accident; (b) If the maximum weekly payment would, had the incapacity been total incapacity, have amounted, with such addition, if any, as is provided by sub-section (2) of this section, to less than twenty-five shillings, the weekly payment in case of partial incapacity shall be a sum bearing the same proportion to the said difference as the said maximum weekly payment with such addition as aforesaid bears to the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident. (4) Proviso (b) to paragraph (1) of the said Schedule which relates to the amount of the weekly payment in the case of a workman who is under twenty-one years of age at the date of the injury shall cease to have effect.”’ Ceist curtha, agus diúlta. 4. Do cuireadh an Coiste ar athló ar 1.20 p.m. go dtí meán lae Dé Céadaoin, 17adh Abrán. |
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