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Letter to the Assistant Secretary, Department of the President, from the Department of Industry and Commerce, Trade and Industries Branch, 25 October 1929, enclosing a revised list of members of the Foreign Press Association who are visiting Ireland together with a list of persons who have accepted the invitation to lunch at the Shelbourne Hotel that day. The latter includes the name of Mrs Palmer, `New York Times'.

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Letter

Irish International Exhibition, Cork, 1932, list of Honorary Presidents, for example, The President, Women's National Health Association of Ireland (Incorporated) and Senator Miss Kathleen Browne

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List

Printed list of the Honorary Presidents and other committee members of the Irish International Exhibition, Cork, 1932, for example, the President, Women's National Health Association of Ireland (Incorporated).

s 5937A

List

Memorandum on the proposed amendment of the Midwives (Ireland) Act, 1918 issued by the Department of Local Government and Health, 8 November 1929. The memorandum deals with the need to amend Section 1 (2) of the Act which provides that `no woman shall habitually and for gain attend women in childbirth otherwise than under the direction of a registered medical practitioner. The memorandum states that it has been found difficult to get the necessary evidence to prove that `attendance by unregistered persons "is habitually and for gain"'. `It is therefore desired to amend this Section to provide that if any person not a certified midwife attends a woman in child birth it shall be necessary to satisfy the Court that the attention was given in a case of sudden and urgent necessity - this of course would not apply to a person in course of training to become a doctor or a midwife'. The memorandum also discussed other proposed amendments. `It is therefore desired to amend Section 5 to frame a rule as to the wearing of badges by certified midwives and to amend Section 9 - which provides for the return by a midwife of her certificates when her name is removed from the roll …'

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Memorandum

Letter to the Private Secretary, Minister for Local Government and Public Health, 12 November 1929, stating that the Executive Council approve of the preparation of a Bill to give effect to the suggested amendment of the Midwives (Ireland) Act, 1918.

s 5942

Letter

Bill, `An Act to Amend Sub-Section (2) of Section 1 of the Midwives (Ireland) Act, 1918, and to provide for the Issue of Badges to Midwives'.

s 5942

Bill

Extract from a memorandum issued to the Constitution Committee by the President's Department, 13 March 1926. With regard to Article 3 of the constitution [which defines a citizen of the Irish Free State, a definition which is without distinction of sex] the `question has been raised as to whether this Article prevents the Civil Service Commissioners from holding examinations limited to one particular sex. This contention would give an extraordinary wide meaning to the expression "privileges of citizenship" and in any event, it is understood that it is not supported by the Attorney General'.

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Extract

Minute of the Minister for Finance on the Report, 22 November 1928, of the Committee of Public Accounts. This deals with, among other matters, allowances paid for supervision of cleaners and to telephonists who are performing supervising duties at small Telephone Exchanges or assisting in supervision at the larger Exchanges.

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Minute

Circular issued by the Department of Finance on the vacancies for posts of Assistant Inspector in the Office of the National Health Insurance Commission. There is one vacancy for a male inspector and one for a female inspector.

s 5981

Circular

Circular issued by the Department of Finance, 13 August 1930, relating to vacancies for posts as Junior Administration Officer. Scales of pay for men and women are listed.

s 5981

Circular