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IMEACHTA AN CHOISTE.THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.Déardaoin, 18ú Nollaig, 1952.Thursday, 18th December, 1952.1. The Committee met at 3 p.m. 2. Members Present. The following members were present:— Senator O’Reilly (in the Chair), Deputies Little, Mac Fheorais and Sheldon, Senators Colgan and Douglas. 3. Appearances for the Promoters. Mr. G.H. Murnaghan, S.C. and Messrs. A. & L. Goodbody, Parliamentary Agents, appeared for the Promoters, the Governors and Guardians of the Royal Hospital for Incurables, Dublin. 4. Hearings in support of Preamble. Mr. G. H. Murnaghan, S.C., was heard in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Room cleared. 5. Consideration of Bill. The Committee resumed consideration of the Bill. (i) Preamble. The Committee further considered the Preamble to the Bill. Amendment proposed: “To add at the end of the Preamble the following new paragraph:— ‘AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the power of altering annulling revoking and abrogating the bye-laws for the regulation government and advantage of the said Corporation and its properties and affairs and for the management of the said Hospital contained in the Supplemental Charter of the 13th day of April 1886 be amended as hereinafter provided’.” Question put, and agreed to. Preamble, as amended, agreed to. (ii) Sections 1 and 2 agreed to. (iii) New section. Amendment proposed: “Before section 3 to insert a new section as follows:— ‘(3) Clause 5 of the Supplemental Charter shall be amended by the deletion therefrom of the following words, that is to say: “and it is our will and pleasure that all such bye-laws be approved by our Chancellor of Ireland, the Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench Division and the Master of the Rolls in Ireland or their successors in office or any one or more of them and so as such bye-laws be agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of our realm and the said Charter” and by the insertion in lieu thereof of the following words, that is to say: “that all such bye-laws be agreeable to the laws and statutes of Ireland and the said Charter and be approved by the Chief Justice for the time being, the President of the High Court for the time being and the Senior Ordinary Judge for the time being of the Supreme Court or any one or more of them and that the same shall have been furnished to the Minister for Health at least fourteen days prior to the date upon which the same is submitted for approval as aforesaid with a request that he should lay the same before each House of the Oireachtas’.” Question—“That the new section be there inserted”—put, and agreed to. (iv) Sections 3, 4 and 5 agreed to. (v) Title agreed to. 6. Report of Committee. Draft Report brought in by the Chairman (Senator O’Reilly) read a first and second time and passed as follows:— 1. The Joint Committee report that they have examined the Preamble of the Bill and, to make it consistent with the provisions of the Bill as amended by the Committee, have amended it by the addition thereto of the following paragraph:— “AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the power of altering annulling revoking and abrogating the bye-laws for the regulation government and advantage of the said Corporation and its properties and affairs and for the management of the said Hospital contained in the Supplemental Charter of the 13th day of April 1886 be amended as hereinafter provided.” They have found the allegations contained in the Preamble, as amended, proved. 2. The Committee have gone through the Bill and have made an amendment thereto to ensure adequate publicity for future amendments of the bye-laws. 3. In going through the Bill the Committee had before them, and considered a report from the Attorney General thereon. Ordered: To report to both Houses accordingly. 7. Conclusion of Business. The Committee concluded its business at 6 p.m. |
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