Committee Reports::Report No. 03 - Statutory Instruments [15]::02 December, 1959::Proceedings of the Joint Committee

IMEACHTAÍ AN CHOISTE.

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE.

Dé Céadaoin, 2 Nollaig, 1959.

Wednesday, 2nd December, 1959.

1. The Committee met at 5 p.m.


2. Members Present.


The following members were present:—


Senator O’Brien (in the Chair), Senators Carter, Cole, Murphy and Ryan.


3. Consideration of Statutory Instruments.


Following consideration of the sixty statutory instruments set out below it was:—


(i) Resolved: That it is not necessary to draw the special attention of Seanad Éireann to the following instruments:—


Agricultural Products (Restriction of Export) Order, 1956 (Amendment) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 53 of 1959].


Game Birds Protection Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 78 of 1959].


Greyhound Race Track (Appointed Day) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 2 of 1959].


Greyhound Race Track (Permits for Persons Performing Specified Functions) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 10 of 1959].


Bovine Tuberculosis (Control of Certain Tests) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 102 of 1959].


Bovine Tuberculosis (14-Day Test) (Amendment) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 103 of 1959].


Bovine Tuberculosis (Control of Public Sales of Cattle) (Counties of Sligo, Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Roscommon, Donegal and Mayo) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 110 of 1959].


Bovine Tuberculosis (Clearance Area) (Cavan and Monaghan) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 117 of 1959].


Millable Wheat Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 114 of 1959].


Wheat Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 123 of 1959].


Poultry Hatcheries Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 122 of 1959].


Fishing Weir Operation (No. 3) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 88 of 1959].


River Erne (Fishing by Holders of Special Local Licences) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 90 of 1959].


Foyle Area (Close Season) Regulations, 1959.


Minister for Justice (Agency) Order, 1959.


Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1959 (Appointed Day) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 124 of 1959].


Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 51 of 1959].


Conditions of Employment (Nylon, Rayon and Teryline Yarn Winding Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 120 of 1959].


Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1959 [S.I. No. 66 of 1959].


Conditions of Employment (Rubber Footwear Industry) (Exclusion) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 36 of 1959].


Office Premises (Overcrowding) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 30 of 1959].


Office Premises (Minimum Temperature in Workrooms and Cloakrooms) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 31 of 1959].


Office Premises (Sanitary Conveniences) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 32 of 1959].


Office Premises (Washing Facilities) Regulations, 1959 (S.I. No. 33 of 1959].


Office Premises (Clothing Accommodation) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 34 of 1959).


Exchange Control Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 44 of 1959].


Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 125 of 1959].


Statistics (Census of Production) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 77 of 1959].


Statistics (Census of Distribution) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 43 of 1959].


Customs-free Airport (Extension of Laws) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 79 of 1959].


Imposition of Duties (Aluminium Sheet Strip and Foil) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 17 of 1959].


Imposition of Duties (Raw Onions and Raw Shallotts) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 4 of 1959].


Imposition of Duties (Aluminium Sheet, Strip and Foil) (Amendment) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 109 of 1959].


Suspension of Duty on Isinglass and Edible Gelatine Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 65 of 1959].


Control of Exports Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 28 of 1959].


Control of Exports (No. 2) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 52 of 1959].


Inland Post Amendment (No. 9) Warrant, 1959 [S.I. No. 46 of 1959].


Foreign Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1959 [S.I. No. 47 of 1959].


Foreign Parcel Post (No. 4) Warrant, 1959 [S.I. No. 48 of 1959].


National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 2 of 1959.


Milk (Retail Price) (Dublin Sale District) (Amendment) Order, 1959. (S.I. No. 127 of 1959].


Legal Tender Note Fund (Additional Form of Asset) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 92 of 1959].


Cork District Milk Board (Election Day, 1959) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 76 of 1959].


Oil Pollution of the Sea (Convention Countries) (Miscellaneous) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 69 of 1959].


Milk (Retail Price) (Cork Sale District) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 73 of 1959].


Milk (Retail Price) (Dublin Sale District) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 72 of 1959].


Unemployment Assistance (Second Employment Period) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 93 of 1959].


Housing (Loan Charges Contributions) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 87 of 1959].


Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 131 of 1959].


Unemployment Assistance (Employment Period) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 38 of 1959].


Housing of the Working Classes Acts (Forms) (Amendment) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 24 of 1959].


Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 9 of 1959].


Pasteurising (Separated Milk) (Temporary Amendment) Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 112 of 1959].


National Monuments (Preservation) Order No. 1 of 1959.


(ii) Ordered: That in respect of each of the following instruments the Department or other authority concerned be requested to submit a memorandum explaining the instrument:—


Foyle Area (Production of Licence) Regulations, 1959.


Gaeltarra Éireann Staff Superannuation Scheme.


Gas Fund (Contribution) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 54 of 1959].


Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1956 (Revocation) Order, 1959 (S.I. No. 19 of 1959].


Agricultural Wages (Minimum Rates) Order, 1959 [S.I. No. 18 of 1959].


Telephone Regulations, 1959 [S.I. No. 118 of 1959].


(iii) Ordered: That the Department of Agriculture be requested to submit a memorandum on the possibility of having all regulations dealing with the testing of cattle under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Scheme embodied in a single instrument.


4. Adjournment.


The Committee adjourned at 5.25 p.m.