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REPORT

1. The Joint Committee reports that it has examined the Preamble of the Bill and, to make it consistent with the provisions of the Bill as amended by the Committee, has amended it by the insertion of the following paragraphs:—

“AND WHEREAS the said Charter also provides that the Corporation of Dublin shall be entitled annually to nominate two persons to represent the said Corporation on the Committee of Management of the said Institution in each year for which the Corporation of Dublin shall subscribe a sum of not less than £100 to the funds of the said Institution.

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the right granted to the Corporation of Dublin by the said Charter to nominate annually two persons to represent the said Corporation on the Committee of Management of the said Institution should no longer be subject to any qualification as to the payment of an annual subscription, and that the provisions of the said Charter should be amended accordingly in manner hereinafter provided.

AND WHEREAS by reason of the changes from time to time in social conditions and for the purpose of furthering the objects purposes and administration of the trusts reposed in the Governors of the said Institution under the Charter it is expedient that power should be given to the Governors to enable them from time to time to alter or vary the provisions of the said Charter without incurring the expense of an application to the Oireachtas upon the occasion of every such alteration or variation.

AND WHEREAS for the purpose of providing a means for effecting such alterations or variations without such expense as aforesaid it is expedient that the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland should be empowered to alter or vary from time to time the provisions of the said Charter.”

It has found the allegations contained in the Preamble, as amended, proved to its satisfaction.

2. The Committee has gone through the Bill and has made amendments thereto to enable (i) the Corporation of Dublin to nominate two persons on the Committee of Management without paying the subscription required by the Charter and (ii) the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland, upon the application of the Governors, to alter the provisions of the Charter of the Convalescent Home. It has also amended the title to read as follows:—

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER UNDER WHICH THE CONVALESCENT HOME, STILLORGAN, IS INCORPORATED, TO EXTEND THE OBJECTS OF THE INSTITUTION, TO AUTHORISE THE GOVERNORS TO APPLY CAPITAL FUNDS OF THE INSTITUTION FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES, TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS BY THE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN AND TO THE ADMISSION OF PATIENTS TO THE HOME AND TO ENABLE THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR IRELAND ON THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNORS TO ALTER FROM TIME TO TIME THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID CHARTER.

3. In going through the Bill the Committee had before it, and considered, a report from the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland. It has given effect to the recommendations contained in that Report.

(Signed) GERARD SWEETMAN,

Chairman of Joint Committee.

15th July, 1958.