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IMEACHTA AN ROGHA-CHOISTE.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE.

Déardaoin, 25° Eanair, 1934.

Thursday, 25th January, 1934.

1. Do chruinnigh an Rogha-Choiste ar 2 p.m.

2. I láthair: Mícheál O hAnnluain (i gCeannas), Sir Eadbhard Bigear, Seán O Cúnacháin, Mícheál O Dubhthaigh, Seán O Fearghail, Liam O Cuirc agus Risteárd Mac Liam.

3. Do chrom an Rogha-Choiste ar an mBille do bhreithniú.

(i) Alt 1.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

Sub-section (2). To delete the sub-section and to substitute the following sub-section therefor:—

“(2) It shall be an offence for any person engaged in driving or bringing any animal to a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard if, in the opinion of a qualified veterinary surgeon, such animal is so driven or brought as to inflict on such animal any unnecessary suffering or pain.”

Ceist curtha; do dhin an Coiste vótáil; Tá, 3; Níl, 3.

Ceist, dá réir sin, diúlta.

Leasu tairgthe (Risteárd Mac Liam):

Sub-section (2). To delete the sub-section.

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (3). To delete in line 27 the word “twelve” and to substitute therefor the word “eighteen.”

Leasú tairgthe siar.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

Sub-section (3). To delete in line 27 the word “twelve” and to substitute therefor the words “twenty-four.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúna cháin):

Sub-section (4). To delete the sub-section.

Ceist curtha, agus diúlta.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (4). To delete the sub-section and to substitute the following sub-section therefor:—

“(4) A person shall not, so far as is practicable without structural alteration to premises existing at the passing of this Act, slaughter, or cause or suffer to be slaughtered, any animal in the view of another animal.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (6). After the word “animal” in line 41 to insert the words “killed in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard.”

Leasú leasuithe, fé chead, tré sna focail “about to be” do chur isteach roimh an bhfocal “killed.”

Ceist, mar do leasuíodh, curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (6). To delete all after the word “apply” in line 53 down to and including the letter “(b)” in line 4.

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

Sub-section (6). To delete in line 5 the words “Chief Rabbi” and to substitute therefor the words “Board of the Shechita of the Jewish Community of Dublin.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

Sub-section (7). To delete in line 11 the word “sixteen” and to substitute therefor the word “fourteen.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (7). To delete all after the word “animal” in line 13 down to the end of the sub-section.

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 1, mar do leasúiodh, aontuithe.

(ii) Alt 2.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete in line 20 the word “ten” and to substitute therefor the word “two.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete in line 21 the word “twenty” and to substitute therefor the word “five.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

To add at the end of the section a new sub-section as follows:—

“(2) Whenever the holder of a licence granted under section 3 of this Act is convicted under the provisions of this section, the court shall send particulars of such conviction to the sanitary authority which granted such licence and may endorse particulars of such conviction upon such licence.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 2, mar do leasuíodh, aontuithe.

(iii) Alt 3.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete the section.

Ceist curtha, agus diúlta.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (2). To delete the sub-section and to substitute the following sub-section therefor:—

“(2) A licence under this section shall be issued only by the sanitary authority of the district in which the applicant resides, but shall be valid for the district of any sanitary authority throughout Saorstát Eireann. Such licence shall be valid for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of issue thereof but may be renewed from time to time by the issuing authority for successive periods not exceeding twelve months and shall be produced on demand for inspection by any sanitary authority.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

To add at the end of the section a new sub-section as follows:—

“(7) Every application for a licence under this section shall be in writing, and the applicant shall state therein—

Leasú leasuithe, fé chead, tríd an bhfocal “and” do chur i ndeireadh míre (a) agus tríd an méid uile i ndiaidh an fhocail “area” i ndeireadh míre (b) síos go deireadh an leasuithe do scriosadh amach.

Ceist, mar do leasuíodh, curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 3, mar do leasuíodh, aontuithe.

(iv) Alt 4 aontuithe.

(v) Alt 5.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete all down to and including the word “purpose” in line 12 and to substitute therefor the words “Any person authorised in writing by the local sanitary authority or any member of the Gárda Síochána.”

Leasú tairgthe siar.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

To delete all after the word “authority” in line 9 down to and including the word “Agriculture” in line 12.

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete in line 19 the words “or officer.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 5, mar do leasuíodh, aontuithe.

(vi) Alt 6 agus alt 7 aontuithe.

(vii) Alt 8.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

After the word “Agriculture” in line 35 to insert the words “or by a member of the Gárda Síochána.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 8, mar do leasuíodh, aontuithe.

(viii) Alt 9.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Cúnacháin):

To delete all after the word “steer” in line 50 down to the end of the section and to substitute therefor the words “or ox.”

Ceist curtha; do dhin an Coiste vótáil; Tá, 2; Níl, 5.

Leasú tairgthe (Risteárd Mac Liam):

To add at the end of the section the words “or pig.”

Leasú tairgthe siar.

Alt 9 aontuithe.

(ix) Alt 10.

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (2). To delete in line 55 the word “May” and to substitute therefor the word “August.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe:

Leasú tairgthe (Seán O Fearghail):

Sub-section (2). To delete in line 56 the word and figures “November, 1934” and to substitute therefor the word and figures “January, 1935.”

Ceist curtha, agus aontuithe.

Alt 10, mar do leasuiodh, aontuithe.

(x) Teideal aontuithe.

4. Do tugadh Dréacht-Tuarasgabháil an Chathaoirligh i láthair, do léigheadh agus do ritheadh í mar leanas:—

The Select Committee has considered the Bill and has made amendments thereto. The Bill, as amended, is returned to the Seanad.

Orduithe: Do thuairisciú dá réir sin.

5. Do chuir an Rogha-Choiste deire lena ghnó ar 5 p.m.