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THIRD REPORT

1. The Committee has held three meetings since the date of the Second Report.

2. Since the issue of the Second Report a communication was received from Senator L. J. Duffy intimating that as he had been appointed a member of the Industrial Development Authority, he had resigned from Seanad Eireann and consequently was not eligible to act on the Committee. At a meeting held on 11th January, 1950, Senator W. Bigger was unanimously elected Chairman.

3. The following documents coming within the Committee’s purview were considered and no reason was seen for drawing the special attention of the Seanad to any of them on any of the grounds set out in the Orders of Reference to the Committee.

Statutory Instrument Number 1949.
35	Onions (Maximum Prices) (No. 3) Order, 1948 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
37	Emergency Powers (Jams and Marmalades) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1944 (Amendment) (No. 4) Order, 1949.
42	Road Vehicles (Additional Index Mark) Order, 1949.
49	Prohibition of Storage of Rabbits Order, 1949.
51	Unemployment Assistance (Employment Period) Order, 1949.
53	Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
54	Game Birds Protection Order, 1949.
62	Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act, 1947 (Export of Venison) Order, 1949.
63	Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) (No. 2) Order, 1949 (Amendment) Order, 1949.
65	Gas Fund (Contribution) Order, 1949.
68	Statutory Instrument No. 68 of 1949.
70	Mats (Suspension of Customs Duty) Order, 1949.
73	Social Welfare (Great Britain Reciprocal Arrangements) Order, 1949.
74	Vocational Education Act, 1930 (Extension of Technical Education) Order, 1949.
77	Coal (Suspension of Customs Duty) Order, 1949.
78	Agriculture (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (Wheat and Flour Subsidy) Order, 1949.
79	Emergency Powers (Orders Relating to Soap) (Revocation) Order, 1949.
81	Prohibition of Storage of Ducks and Geese Order, 1949.
83	Sugar Order, 1949.
84	Motor Spirits (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
85	Kerosene (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
86	Sugar (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
88	Imported Timber (Maximum Prices) (No. 13) Order, 1949.
90	Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1949.
91	Emergency Powers (Motor Spirit Rationing) Order, 1941 (Amendment) (No. 10) Order, 1949.
92	Minister for External Affairs (Agency) No. 1 Order, 1949.
94	Sheepskin (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1949.
96	Air Navigation (Rules of the Air) Order, 1949.
97	Social Welfare (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Order, 1949.
102	Emergency Powers (Kerosene and Fuel Oil) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1949.
106	River Foyle (Fishing by holders of Special Local Licences) Regulations, 1949.
108	Dublin District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1949.
109	Cork District Milk Board (Minimum Prices for Milk) Order, 1949.
112	Rules of Procedure (Defence Forces), 1949.
114	Game Preservation Act, 1930 (Period under Section 27) (Extension) Order, 1949.
116	Horse Shoe Nails (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
117	Milk (Retail Price) Order, 1949.
118	Milk (Retail Price) (Dublin Sales District) Order, 1949.
119	Milk (Maximum Price to Retailer) Order, 1949.
120	Milk (Retail Price) Co. Louth Order, 1949.
121	Milk (Retail Prices) Cork Sale District Order, 1949.
122	Statistics (Census of Production) (Forms) Order, 1949.
131	Emergency Powers (Distribution of Butter) Order, 1944 (Seventeenth Ration Period) Order, 1949.
133	Emergency Powers (Retail Distribution of Tea) Order, 1943 (Fourth Amendment) Order, 1949.
135	Flour and Bread (Rationing) Order, 1946 (Sixth Amendment) Order, 1949.
136	Flour and Bread (Rationing) Order, 1946 (Supplemental Provisions) (No. 7) Order, 1949.
137	Emergency Powers (Export of Whiskey) Order, 1941 (Amendment) Order, 1949.
138	Emergency Powers (Control of Export) Order, 1940 (Amendment) (No. 4) Order, 1949.
139	Candles (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
140	Emergency Powers (Distribution of Butter) Order, 1944 (Exchange Value of Butter Coupons) (No. 1) Order, 1949.
142	Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946 (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1949.
144	Wild Birds (Co. Wicklow) Order, 1949.
145	Emergency Powers (Dried and Canned Peas) (Maximum Prices) Order, 1943 (No. 2) Order, 1943 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
146	Wild Birds (Co. Kerry) Order, 1949.
149	Wild Birds (North Bull Island Area) Order, 1949.
150	Standard Specification (Turpentine) Order, 1949.
151	Standard Specification (White Spirit) Order, 1949.
152	Standard Specifications (Concrete Plain Roofing Tiles and Fittings) Order, 1949.
153	Standard Specification (Concrete Cylindrical Pipes) Order, 1949.
154	Standard Specification (Ready Mixed Oil Paints) Order, 1949.
155	Standard Specification (White Pigments for Paints) Order, 1949.
156	Standard Specification (Cotton Bed Sheeting and Cotton Bed Sheets) Order, 1949.
157	Standard Specification (Galvanised Cisterns and Cylinders for Domestic Water Supply) Order, 1949.
158	Standard Specification (Liquid Driers for Paints) Order, 1949.
160	Standard Specification (Gold Size) Order, 1949.
161	Standard Specification (Knotting) Order, 1949.
162	Standard Specification (Portland Cement) Order, 1949.
171	Infectious Diseases (Maintenance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1949.
176	Creamery Butter (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1949.
177	Footwear (Maximum Prices) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1949.
178	Emergency Powers (Control of Export) Order, 1940 (Amendment) (No. 32) Order, 1949.
179	Unemployment Assistance (Second Employment Period) Order, 1949.
180	Fresh Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
186	Prunes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
187	Seedless Raisins (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
188	Irish Nationality and Citizenship 1939 (Amendment) Regulations, 1949.
190	Oranges (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
191	Grapefruit (Maximum Prices) Order, 1946 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
205	Gárda Síochána Pay Order, 1949.
208	Wild Birds (County Dublin) Order, 1949.
209	Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1949.
211	Emergency Powers (Motor Spirit Rationing) Order, 1941 (Amendment) No. 11 Order, 1949.
213	Canned Fish (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
216	Wild Birds (Co. Galway) Order, 1949.
227	Pork Sausages and Sausage Meat Beef Sausages and Black and White Puddings (Maximum Prices) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1949.
233	Imported Timber (Maximum Prices) (No. 14) Order, 1949.
234	Flour and Bread (Rationing Order) 1946 (Supplemental Provisions) Harvest Period Order, 1949.
235	Wild Birds (Co. Roscommon) Order, 1949.
238	Bacon (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
241	Wheat Order, 1949.
244	Carriage of Wheat Order, 1949.
245	Statistics (Census of Population Publication) Order, 1949.
246	Public Health (Louth and Meath Shellfish Layings) Regulations, 1939 (Amendment) Regulations, 1949.
249	Imported Timber (Maximum Prices) (No. 15) Order, 1949.
250	Rice (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Revocation) Order, 1949
253	Acid Calcium Phosphate (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
254	Cloth, Clothing and Knitting Wool (Maximum Prices) Order, 1947, Amendment Order, 1949.
257	Minister for Justice (Agency) Order, 1949.
258	Coal (Suspension of Customs Duty) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
264	Seedless Raisins (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
276	Aliens Order, 1949.
278	Shotgun Cartridges (Maximum Prices) Order, 1949.
286	Standard Specification (Hydrated Lime for Building Purposes) Order, 1949.
287	Standard Specification (Extenders for Paints) Order, 1949.
288	Standard Specification (Solid Concrete Building Blocks made with Natural Aggregate) Order, 1949. 301 Margarine (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
303	Kerosene (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
324	Minister for Agriculture (Agency) Order, 1949.
337	Emergency Powers (Bicarbonate of Soda) Maximum Prices (No. 2) Order, 1944 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
354	Standard Specification (Coarse and Fine Aggregate) Order, 1949.
355	Standard Specification (Water Paints and Distempers for Interior Use) Order, 1949.
410	Kerosene (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
422	Cork Gas Order, 1948.
1950
4	Tyres and Tubes (Maximum Prices) Order, 1950.
9	Emergency Powers (Control of Export) Order, 1940 (Amendment) No. 33 Order, 1950.
19	Margarine (Maximum Prices) Order, 1950.
25	Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1950.
29	Standard Specification (Concrete Interlocking Roof Tiles) Order, 1950.
30	Standard Specification (Electrical Plugs and Socket Outlets) (10 Ampere Continental Type) Order, 1950.
31	Soap (Maximum Prices) (No. 2) Order, 1949 Revocation Order, 1950.
33	Emergency Powers (Tallows and Greases) Order, 1942 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
43	Standard Specification (Varnish) Order, 1950.
45	Tea (Maximum Prices) Order, 1950.
51	Importation of Tea Order, 1950.
53	Unemployment Assistance (Employment Period) Order, 1950.
57	Statistics (Census of Production) (Forms) Order, 1950.
59	Emergency Powers (Importation of Timber) Orders (Revocation) Order, 1950.
62	Emergency Powers (Export of Dead Poultry and Rabbits) Order, 1945 (Temporary Amendment) Order, 1950.
63	Prohibition of Storage of Rabbits Order, 1950.
67	Minister for External Affairs (Agency) No. 1 Order, 1950.
72	Prohibition of Storage of Ducks and Geese Order, 1950.
76	Fresh Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 Amendment Order, 1950.
78	Coal (Suspension of Customs Duty) Order, 1950.
84	Maize (Maximum Prices) (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1950.
85	Gas Fund (Contribution) Order, 1950.
87	Sheepskin (Prohibition of Export) Order, 1950.
90	Agricultural and Fishery Products (Regulation of Export) Act, 1947 (Export of Salmon) Order, 1950.
100	Emergency Powers (Distribution of Butter) Order, 1944 (Third Amendment) Order, 1950.
103	Milk (Maximum Prices to Retailers) Order, 1950.
104	Milk (Retail Price) Order, 1950.
105	Milk (Retail Price) (County Louth) Order, 1950.
106	Milk (Retail Prices) (Dublin Sale District) Order, 1950.
107	Milk (Retail Prices) Cork Sale District Order, 1950.
109	Standard Specification (Woollen Blankets) Order, 1950.
120	Emergency Powers (Sole Leather) (Maximum Prices), 1946 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
121	Road Vehicles (Additional Index Mark) Order, 1950.
122	Sulphate of Copper (Maximum Prices) Orders, 1947 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
124	Flour and Bread (Rationing Order), 1946 (Supplemental Provisions) (No. 8) Order, 1950.
125	Sugar Order, 1949 (Third Ration Period) Order, 1950.
133	Emergency Powers (Butter) Licensing of Wholesalers and Retailers) Order, 1943 (Amendment) Order, 1950.
135	Butter (Maximum Prices) Order, 1950.
148	Game Birds Protection Order, 1950.
151	Cornflour (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
152	Unemployment Assistance (Second Employment Period) Order, 1950.
155	Importation of Tea Order, 1950 (Amendment) (No. 1) Order, 1950.
158	Cork District Milk Board (Election Day, 1950) Order, 1950.
159	Standard Specification (Linseed Oil for Paints) Order, 1950.
160	Fresh Meat (Maximum Prices) Order, 1948 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1950.
162	Meat and Bone Meals (Maximum Prices) Order (Revocation) Order, 1950.
178	Acid Calcium Phosphate (Maximum Prices) Order, 1950.

4. The Committee has also considered the following Orders.

326	Emergency Powers (No. 258) Order, 1943 (Amendment) Order, 1949.
42	Emergency Powers (No. 206) Order, 1942 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
197	Emergency Powers (No. 282) Order, 1943 (Amendment) Order, 1949.
161	Emergency Powers (No. 286) Order, 1943 (Revocation) Order, 1950.
203	Local Government (Dublin) (Temporary) Act, 1948 (Continuance) Order, 1949.
327	Emergency Powers (No. 282) Order, 1943 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
353	Local Government (Dublin) (Temporary) Act, 1948 (Continuance) (No. 2) Order, 1949.
296	Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 238) (Amendment) Order, 1949.
338	Emergency Powers (Control of Prices) (No. 123) Order, 1942 (Revocation) Order, 1949.
243	Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 243) Order, 1949.
75	Customs Duties (Miscellaneous Suspensions) Order, 1949.
270	Local Security Force (Compensation for Personal Injuries) Scheme, 1943 (Second Amendment) Scheme, 1949.

The first four of the foregoing orders mentioned in this paragraph are examples of statutory instruments which neither in their title nor in their provisions permit of easy identification of the subjects with which respectively they deal. It is usually necessary in such cases to have recourse to the enabling Act to ascertain the subject matter of the statutory instrument. As such statutory instruments are of public concern and are on sale as government publications, it is desirable that they should be in a form easily intelligible to the public. The Committee has, in previous reports, adverted to this matter and has recommended that the statutory instrument should be so framed that at least some indication of its subject matter be available for those concerned.

(Signed) J. W. BIGGER,

Chairman.

27th July, 1951.