LegalizeLOCAL GOVERNMENT (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT, 1923
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1 amending act · 1941-09-23, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1941
In urgent cases the National Benefit Officer shall be at liberty to give temporary Benefit in money or in kind at his discretion, pending the approval of the National Benefit Committee. In a district where there is no National Benefit Officer, temporary Benefit to be paid by the Clerk of the National Benefit Committee on the recommendation of a member of the National Benefit Committee for the area in which the applicant resides.
The National Benefit Officer, or where there is no such Officer, the Clerk or member of the National Benefit Committee, may arrange for the supply of funeral requisites and make any necessary payments in connection with undertaking arrangements, removal and burial of corpse.
Persons of known vicious habits shall not be entitled to National Benefit.
When boarding out children the Central Home Committee shall give preference to foster parents residing in country districts, and care must be exercised that children will only be boarded out with respectable persons, and where it can be so arranged illegitimate children shall be boarded out in areas outside the district in which they were born or in which the parent or parents reside.
The Committee of the Central Home shall fix a uniform scale of remuneration of foster parents, which remuneration shall be paid monthly by Paying Order by the Central Home Committee. The Committee shall also fix a uniform scale for provision of clothing for boarded-out children, and the Central Home Committee shall issue orders half-yearly to local merchants to supply the necessary clothing in accordance with the scale.
Arrangements should be made by each National Benefit Committee to have a Ladies' Committee appointed for the supervision of boarded-out children and the judicious purchase of clothing.
Foster parents shall allow boarded-out children to be visited by a Lady Inspector under the Local Government Department, or by a member or members of the Ladies' Committee.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
Scale of salaries rising from initial figure to maximum by stated annual increments on satisfactory service to be arranged for all Officers under this Scheme.
Existing Orders, Regulations, etc., governing the conduct of business and the management of all Institutions referred to herein shall be adopted temporarily, save in so far as they may be modified by this Scheme.
Pending the institution of a National Civil Service, canvassing either directly or indirectly shall disqualify applicants for appointments.
In all appointments, except those of Medical Officers, Trained Nurses, and Solicitor, candidates whose duties will include work of a clerical nature must pass a qualifying examination. The qualifying examination to be held by examiners appointed by Local Government Department Dáil Eireann. A knowledge of Irish to be essential.
The various Councils and Committees shall decide what Officers shall be required to give security for the due performance of their duties, and shall fix the amount of security.
All Tender Forms shall state that all supplies tendered for shall be, as far as procurable, at reasonable prices of Irish Manufacture, and the manufacturer's name given.
Nurses in District and Fever Hospitals, other than Matron, to be liable to be temporarily transferred to Hospitals other than those in which they are ordinarily employed. This to be a condition of their employment.
All expenditure under this Scheme shall be a County-at-large Charge, except National Benefit, which shall be a District Charge.
For the purposes of National Benefit the Urban Districts of Bundoran, Letterkenny and Buncrana shall be considered as parts of the Rural Districts of Ballyshannon, Letterkenny, and Inishowen respectively.
Where a Union formerly comprised portions of two or more Counties, all accounts are to be adjusted by an Auditor of the Local Government Department. In this respect claims should be made in respect of the proportion of the capital value of all buildings the expenditure in connection with which was a Union Charge.
Facilities should be afforded existing Sanitary Officers to enable them to undergo a course of instruction in sanitation and hygiene. In future appointments to this position candidates should be required to pass a qualifying examination in these subjects.
Boundaries of existing Dispensary Districts may be rearranged and adjustments made between adjoining Dispensary Districts where necessary. In such cases maps showing Dispensary Districts should be prepared. In case Dispensary District comprises an area outside Tirconaill, the proportion payable by the authority responsible for the Tirconaill section of such Dispensary District is to be calculated on an “area and population” basis. All matters in dispute to be referred to the Local Government Department, whose decision shall be final.
As vacancies occur the existing District Maternity Nurses shall be replaced by Trained Nurses with Maternity and Tuberculosis qualifications, who shall afford nursing aid to persons entitled to same, and instructions in hygiene and invalid cookery. In areas remote from a District Hospital the National Benefit Committee may, if they consider it advisable, appoint a Trained Nurse with Maternity and Tuberculosis training, in addition to the existing Dispensary Nurse, or in lieu thereof make a contribution towards the maintenance of any Trained Nurse in the District who is maintained from voluntary contributions or otherwise. The boundaries of the areas served by the existing Nurses may be re-arranged, and where necessary the number of areas and Nurses increased or decreased.
When an Institution has been closed down the Master of the Workhouse to be made personally responsible for all stock and property during the period of evacuation.
Existing qualified Nurses whose services shall be retained, to be afforded facilities for taking out a course of Fever, Maternity, or Tuberculosis Training.
A simplified and uniform system of account-keeping shall be adopted and used by the Committee of the Central Home, and by the Committees of the County and District Fever Hospitals.
All proposed capital expenditure and outlay on permanent improvements by bodies affected by this Scheme to be subject to the approval of the County Council and Dail Eireann.
This Scheme to be known as the “Tirconaill Abolition of Workhouses and Re-organization of Hospitals” Scheme,, and to come into operation on or before 1st April, 1922.
WATERFORD COUNTY SCHEME.
That this Scheme of Workhouse Amalgamation for the County of Water-ford embraces the City of Waterford, which lies within the County.
Appointed Date.
That all Workhouses, as such, within the County be abolished as from a date to be fixed by the County Board of Health (see constitution of Board lower down).
Appointments Terminate.
That all Workhouse Official Appointments, as such, terminate on that date, a scale of Superannuation having been previously fixed by the respective Boards of Guardians (for basis of Superannuation see “Superannuations” lower down).
Officials Eligible for Employment in New Scheme.
That officials of the existing Poor Law System be eligible for employment under the new Scheme, and those so employed will be credited with the years of service already rendered if and when the question of their Superannuation is dealt with later on.
Union Administrative Area Abolished.
That the Union as an Administrative Area be abolished as from the date to be fixed by the County Board of Health, and that existing Boards of Guardians cease to administer the Poor Law from that date.
County Home.
That a County Home be established at Dungarvan for the accommodation of (a) chronic cases; (b) aged and infirm; (c) unmarried mothers; (d) expectant unmarried mothers; (e) children who cannot be boarded out; (f) healthy harmless idiots; and (g) healthy epileptics.
Cottage Hospital.
That a Cottage Hospital be attached to the County Home at Dungarvan, having separate provision made for fever patients, for Dungarvan Rural and Urban, Lismore and Youghal No. 2 Districts.
County Hospital.
That a County Hospital be established at Waterford, and that the front block or other suitable accommodation in the Waterford Union buildings be utilised for that purpose for Clonmel No. 2, Carrick No. 2, Kilmacthomas and Waterford No. 1 Rural District Councils, and Waterford Borough.
Waterford Fever Hospital.
That the Fever Hospital in Waterford be retained as a Fever Hospital, and that a portion of the Dungarvan institution can be used as a Fever Hospital, if necessary.
Boarding Out of Inmates.
That as soon as the Amalgamation Scheme is approved by Dáil Eireann the existing Board of Guardians take immediate steps to board out all inmates who can be suitably provided for in that way, and, where possible, with their own people. Industrial and other institutions might be availed of on reasonable terms where homes could not be procured otherwise.
Basis of Superannuation.
That Boards of Guardians address themselves without delay to the drawing up of a Scale of Superannuation for all Poor Law Officials entitled to same in their employ, such Scale to be submitted to Dáil Eireann for approval, and in other respects the Guardians, until they cease to function, are to expedite this Scheme as far as is practicable. That the basis for calculating Superannuation Allowance shall be that laid down in Section 8 of the Local Government Act, 1919, as interpreted and amplified by Dáil Eireann in Circulars Nos. 52, 53, and 55 issued to Public Bodies.
Discharge Able-Bodied.
That on the appointed day all able-bodied inmates be discharged from the Workhouses by the existing Boards of Guardians.
Transfer of Inmates.
That other inmates who cannot be boarded out be transferred to their own counties, the County Home, and the County Hospital, at the expense of the Guardians.
Appointment of County Board of Health.
That a County Board of Health be appointed to manage and administer the affairs of the County Home and the County Hospital and make the necessary staff appointments and other, as may be required.
How Constituted.
That the Membership of the County Board of Health be made up as follows:—
15 Members appointed by the County Council, 2 at least to be ladies.
7 Members appointed by the Waterford Corporation, 2 at least to be ladies.
Dungarvan Rural District Council—2.
Lismore Rural District Council—2.
Waterford Rural District Council—2.
Dungarvan Urban Council—1.
Carrick-on-Suir No. 2 Rural District—1.
Clonmel No. 2 Rural District—1.
Kilmacthomas Rural District—1.
Youghal No. 2 Rural District—1.
33 Members in all.
That those persons appointed as Members of the County Board of Health by the County Council and the Waterford Corporation be public representatives having a definite responsibility to the ratepayers.
Term of Office.
That the Members of the County Board of Health hold office for the same term as the respective bodies appointing them.
Quorum.
That the County Board of Health comprise in all 33 members, exclusive of co-opted members, and that 7 members form a quorum.
Co-options.
That the County Board of Health have power to co-opt not more than 3 additional members.
Vacancies on County Board of Health.
That any vacancy occurring on the County Board of Health be filled by the Appointing Public Body concerned, in the same manner as the first appointment.
Alternate Meetings.
That the County Board of Health hold their Meetings alternately in Waterford and Dungarvan.
First Meeting.
That the First Meeting of the County Board of Health be held at Dungarvan as soon after the ratification of the Scheme as may be found convenient.
Fixing Appointed Day.
That the fixing of the day for closing of the County Workhouses, as such, be considered, and, if possible, decided at such meeting.
Quarterly Reports.
That the County Board of Health furnish Quarterly Reports to the Waterford County Council and Corporation in a form to be prescribed by the Board.
The Infirmary.
That the County Board of Health, at any time they may deem it expedient to do so, approach the Board of the County and City Infirmary, Waterford with a view to coming to a mutually helpful working arrangement.
That any such arrangement shall not be carried into effect until sanctioned by Dáil Eireann.
Abolish Outdoor Relief.
That all Out-door Relief as such cease as from the appointed day, but “Home Help” of a like amount or nature may, after a full investigation of each case, be given after that date to those in need.
Distribution of Home Help.
That under the new system (under which there will be no Relieving Officers) applications for “Home Help” be made on special forms, the bona fides of the applicant to be vouched for by a District Councillor or other Councillor living in the neighbourhood. Those applications, when dealt with by the District or other Council, or by a Special Committee of the District or other Council appointed for that purpose, to be forwarded, with recommendations, to the County Board of Health.
Paying Orders.
That payment of “Home Help,” when authorised, be made by means of Paying Orders transmitted by post or otherwise as may be found safest and most convenient.
Special Committees.
That the Members elected by the several Public Bodies to act on the County Board of Health be appointed also on the Special Local Committees, which will act in conjunction with the County Board of Health, deal with applications for “Home Help,” and attend to all other matters hitherto dealt with by the Boards of Guardians and not otherwise provided for in this, Scheme.
Recommendatory Powers Only.
That these Special Committees shall have only Recommendatory Powers; be under the control of the County Board of Health, and may be dispensed with on getting, through their Clerk, one month's notice from that body.
Emergency Help Forms.
That the Clerk of each of the Public Bodies represented on the County Board of Health be supplied with “Emergency Help Forms” for urgent cases, and any member of such Bodies may procure these forms from the Clerk and use them as required in cases of emergency. These forms are also intended for use in cases formerly dealt with by a Relieving Officer where it is necessary to provide for a burial or supply a coffin. As in the case of application for Home Help, all cases of “Emergency Help” to be brought before the next meeting of Special Committee in the area concerned and in the form presented.
Disposal of Stock in Workhouses.
That a Stocktaker be appointed as soon as possible to value the articles taken from the various Workhouses to furnish the County Home and County Hospital. That each Union be credited with the value of the articles so taken, and that any stock not required be disposed of by the County Board of Health in such manner as they deem best, the proceeds to be paid pro tem to the credit of the County Council in separate account pending allocation. That the fee of the Stocktaker be paid by the County Board of Health.
Vesting Saleable Property.
That the Saleable Interest, if any, of Property of every description at present held by the Boards of Guardians throughout the County be transferred to the County Board of Health for use or disposal as opportunity offers, subject to the sanction of Dáil Eireann. The proceeds to be paid pro tem to the credit of the County Council in separate account pending allocation.
Uniform Rate for County and City.
That as from the appointed day all costs, charges, and expenses, other than those specifically charged in this scheme (i.e., expenses of transfer of inmates, etc.) be met by a uniform Flat Rate on the Valuation of the County and City of Waterford, to be made and collected in the same manner as the other rates usually levied within the County and City.
General Finance.
That the County Council and Borough Council of Waterford City supply the County Board of Health with the necessary funds for the administration of the County Home and County Hospital on an annual estimate and demand made by the County Board of Health on the County Council and Borough Council based on the respective Valuations of their administrative areas, and the procedure provided by Article 45 of the Union Accounts Order, 1905, be adapted to this purpose.
Finance for Present Year.
That for the present financial year the County Council and the Borough Council, on a demand from the County Board of Health, advance from time to time as may be required such sums of money as will be sufficient to meet the requirements of the New Home and New Hospital, and that, if necessary, the County Council and Borough Council obtain from Dail Eireann a loan to enable these advances to be made.
Audit.
That the Accounts of the County Board of Health be audited half-yearly by an Auditor appointed by Dáil Eireann, and the existing enactments and regulations as to audit be adapted accordingly.
Emoluments.
That remunerative work taken up voluntarily and to which an official would not be entitled by virtue of his principal office under the Poor Law shall not rank as an emolument for pension purposes.
Gratuities.
That the payment of Gratuities to officers of under 10 years' service shall, at the discretion of the County Council and Borough Council, be extended over a period of, say, five years, and be payable quarterly.
Notice of Abolition of Office.
That when this Scheme is approved by Dáil Eireann and the appointed day fixed, Boards of Guardians shall give the necessary notice of abolition of office (terminating on the appointed day) to each official concerned, and shall pass a resolution granting to such officials as are entitled thereto a superannuation on the basis set out above.
No Further Liability.
That officials whose offices are abolished under this Scheme are to have no further claim for loss of office beyond the provision embodied in these resolutions.
WESTMEATH COUNTY SCHEME.
All the Workhouses in the County to be abolished as such.
The Workhouse at Mullingar to be converted into a County Home for the non-sick inmates of the County. The Hospital attached hereto to be used for the sick and accident cases from the existing Rural District of Mullingar.
The body of Athlone Workhouse to be closed, the Hospital to remain for the sick from the Urban District of Athlone and from the existing Rural Districts of Athlone No. 1 and Ballymore.
Delvin Workhouse to be completely closed.
The County Home at Mullingar to be called “Westmeath County Home,” and to be governed by a Committee of sixteen members, one half of whom shall be appointed by the County Council and the other half by the District Councils of Athlone Rural, Athlone Urban, Delvin and Mullingar, in the proportion of two from each District Council.
Coole Rural District to be amalgamated with Delvin Rural District.
Ballymore Rural District to be amalgamated with Athlone No. 1 Rural District.
The Athlone Hospital to be managed by a Committee, on which are to be represented the County Council and the District Councils, Rural and Urban, for the Districts to be served by that Hospital.
The expenses of the Athlone Hospital Committee to be on a valuation basis as heretofore.
The expenses of the Westmeath County Home Committee to be a County-at-Large charge as regards administration and establishment charges, and to be a District Charge per capita for charges known as Inmaintenance and Clothing, provided that the County Council and the several District Councils may agree to a flat rate on the valuation basis up to a certain poundage rate for all charges.
Each Committee to be supplied with funds by the County Council per their own Estimates and Demands to be prepared after a consultation with the Union Clerks, and the Union Estimates and Demands for the current financial year to be reduced accordingly.
Poor Law Unions and Poor Law Guardians to cease to exist for all purposes.
The business of the Board of Guardians relating to the Institutional relief of the sick and poor of the County to be transferred to the Committee of Management of the County Home and of Athlone Hospital respectively.
The remaining business of the Boards of Guardians, with the exception of home help, to be transferred to the District Councils.
The remaining business of Athlone Board of Guardians arising in County Roscommon to be transferred to Athlone No. 2 District Council.
The remaining business of Athlone and Ballymahon Boards of Guardians arising, in the County Westmeath to be transferred to a Joint Committee to be appointed by the Athlone Urban District Council (with Ballymore amalgamated) out of their respective bodies. The expenses of the Joint Committee to be borne by these District Councils on a valuation basis as heretofore.
The remaining business of the Delvin Board of Guardians and of the Granard Board of Guardians arising in the County Westmeath to be transferred to Delvin Rural District Council (with Coole Rural District Council amalgamated).
The remaining business of the Mullingar Board of Guardians to be transferred to the Mullingar Rural District Council.
The Government Bounty to County Roscommon in lieu of rates on the Barracks of Athlone to be paid to County Westmeath in future. County Roscommon to be no longer liable for expenses arising in Westmeath in connection with Athlone Courthouse.
Patients admitted to Athlone Hospital as urgent cases from that part of the County Roscommon convenient to Athlone Town to be paid for by Roscommon County Home and Hospital Committee on a capitation basis, or at a fixed rate per head if mutually agreed upon.
The present system of distributing outdoor relief to be abolished, and the Relieving Officers to be superannuated or compensated for loss of office.
District Councils will co-operate with members of sub-committee of the County Home and Hospitals Committee in supervising and checking distribution of Home Help.
The term Home Help to be substituted for Outdoor Relief.
Payments in respect of Home Help to be made by the Secretary of the County Home and Hospitals Committee. All liabilities of Athlone District Hospital to be discharged in a similar manner.
Distribution of Home Help to be done in future by Paying Orders. Application for temporary allowance to be made on special forms. The Councillor for the District must vouch for in writing the bona fides of the applicant. These applications when dealt with by the District Committee will be forwarded with recommendations to the Hospital Home Committee. Where necessary books of Paying Orders covering a period to be sent to applicant. Each Order to be dated as to when payment is available.
To meet urgent cases every Urban Councillor and every District Councillor will be supplied with Emergency Help Forms. These forms to be used in cases where necessary to provide for a burial or supply a coffin. All emergency help cases dealt with to be brought before the next meeting of the District Committee in the area concerned and in the form prescribed.
The Athlone No. 1 District Council will in addition co-operate in dealing with contracts for repairs and contracts for supply of materials and provisions. Any and every order made by such Sub-Committee and District Council, whether for supplies of materials, provisions, repairs or award of Home Help, to be ratified by County Home and Hospital Committee.
Demands formerly made by the Boards of Guardians to be now made by Hospital and Home Committee who will receive monies direct from the County Council.
Children at present in Workhouses to be boarded out or sent to Industrial Schools. The amount for boarding out or otherwise to be fixed by the Home Committee.
Clerks of District Councils shall forthwith proceed to adjust accounts in respect of Unions abolished as from date of removal of inmates and patients to County Home and Hospital.
Officers under Dairies and Cowsheds Order to be dispensed with.
Two Inspectors be appointed who will be responsible for supervising Home Help distribution, duties of Sanitary Sub-Officer and Inspector of Dairies and Cowsheds. They will also be required to inspect boarded out children in the County.
The Home and Hospitals Committee to be appointed triennially after each election.
The Scheme will come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1921.
Any matter or thing arising under this Scheme and not provided for, to be settled between the local bodies affected thereby, with the approval of the County, Council and the ultimate sanction of the Local Government Department.
WEXFORD COUNTY SCHEME
That the four general Workhouses in the County be abolished.
That the following institutions be established:—
- (a) A County Home at Enniscorthy for the aged and infirm homeless poor (who cannot be boarded out with “Home Assistance”), for chronic cases, expectant mothers (unmarried) and idiots and epileptics; and for such children as cannot be boarded out.
- (b) A County Hospital at Wexford for the treatment of medical and surgical cases.
- (c) A County Fever Hospital at Wexford for the treatment of all infectious diseases, and for observation purposes.
- (d) A District Hospital at Gorey for the treatment of medical and surgical cases of an urgent character arising in the Gorey District.
- (e) A District Hospital at New Ross for the treatment of medical and surgical cases of an urgent character arising in the New Ross District.
- (f) An Annex, to accommodate 12 patients, to be built to the District Hospital at Gorey, for fever patients from Gorey District, and pending its erection that these patients be accommodated in a ward of the Workhouse Infirmary.
The present Workhouse buildings at Enniscorthy and Wexford, and the Fever. Hospitals at Gorey, New Ross and Wexford, to be utilised for the purposes of the Scheme.
That an authority be created, to be called the County Board of Public Health, consisting of 30 members, to exercise the following powers:—
- (a) Powers of management and control of the County Home and Hospitals, including the Mental Hospital at Enniscorthy. (The Mental Hospital to be managed by the present Committee but under the general supervision of the Public Health Board, to which body it shall submit its estimate and annual report.)
- (b) Powers and functions of the present Boards of Guardians.
- (c) Any other powers and functions delegated to them by the County Council.
- (d) The composition of the first Board to be as follows:—
8 County Councillors.
4 Chairmen of Rural District Councils.
4 Representatives of Boards of Guardians.
2 Representatives of the Wexford Corporation (one to be the Mayor of Wexford for the time being).
2 Representatives of the towns of Enniscorthy and New Ross.
1 Representative of the Town Commissioners of Gorey.
4 Persons nominated by the County Council.
3 Representatives of the County Insurance Committee.
2 Representatives of the County Medical Association.
(1.) For ordinary administration of the Public Health Board, seven members, shall form a quorum.
(2.) The Board of Health may carry out any of its functions through appointed sub-committees, and may appoint a sub-committee to discharge any special function. Such sub-committee is to be subject to the Board of Public Health in the same manner as the Board of Public Health shall be subject to the County Council.
The area of charges for expenses incurred in connection with the institutions established in connection with the Scheme is to be as follows:—
Administrative charges for County Home, County Hospital and District Hospitals in New Ross and Gorey to be County-at-Large charges, and the maintenance of patients in the County Hospital, County Home, and the District Hospitals chargeable to each Rural District, according to the number of patients.
The mode of admission to the new institutions is as follows:—
To the County Hospital.
- (a) On an order of Admission signed by a Medical Practitioner.
- (b) Members of the Public Health Board shall be empowered to give an order to any poor person to be examined by any of the Medical Officers.
To the County Home.
Admission is to be by an order signed by any member of the Public Health Board, or of a Sub-Committee, or of any person authorised by the Public Health Board, for that purpose, with, in each case, the added signature of any clergyman.
WICKLOW COUNTY SCHEME.
That County Wicklow be a unit for the purposes of administering the duties hitherto performed by Boards of Guardians and kindred services, in the County, which shall be co-ordinated under, and administered by, one Authority on behalf of the County Council, and it shall be known as the County Board of Health. That all proceedings of the County Board of Health shall be subject to the approval of the Local Government Department of Dáil Eireann.
That the County Board of Health shall consist of twenty members, eleven of whom shall be County Councillors appointed by the County Council; seven District Councillors, one of whom shall be appointed by each of the four Rural and three Urban District Councils in the County; one representative appointed by the County Insurance Committee; and one Representative appointed by the County Medical Association.
That the quorum for meetings of the County Board of Health shall be five.
That the County and District Councillors appointed on the County Board of Health shall continue to serve as members of the Board only so long as they remain qualified as such Councillors during the term of office of the Council by whom they were appointed, and up to the date of the first Annual Meeting of such Council. The remaining two members shall serve for such period, not exceeding three years, as the County Insurance Committee and County Medical Association, respectively, shall decide.
That the appointment of members constituting the first County Board of Health be made by the existing Councils, and the other bodies as above, at the first meeting of each held after it has been notified to them that this Scheme has been duly adopted and finally sanctioned by the Local Government Department of Dáil Eireann.
That in addition to the control and management of any Home, Hospital, or other Institution set up or established pursuant to this Scheme all powers hitherto vested in Boards of Guardians (except so far as they affect the supervision and payment of Dispensary Medical Officers and District Maternity Nurses) shall be transferred to the County Board of Health.
That the powers hitherto possessed by the existing Boards of Guardians in relation to Dispensary Medical Officers and District Maternity Nurses, be vested temporarily in the County Board of Health until such time as the Local Government Department shall otherwise order and determine.
That the County Board of Health, so far as it considers expedient, and subject to the limitations hereafter specified, may carry out its functions through the agency of Committees.
That such Committees shall be appointed by and act under the direct control of the County Board of Health. The Committees shall only have powers of recommendation, and may be dispensed with at any time.
The Amalgamation Committee, believing that it is advisable to avail, so far as possible, of existing organisation strongly recommend the County Board of Health to constitute the required Committees from, the members, for the time being, of the several Rural and Urban District Councils, and the County Council.
That all payments when authorised shall be made by the County Board of Health by means of Advice Notes and Paying Orders.
12 (a). That all appointments necessary for the working of this Scheme shall be made by the County Board of Health and subject to sanction by the Local Government Department.
12 (b). That the County Board of Health shall reappoint to analogous positions qualified officers of existing authorities, so far as required, who are retired under this Scheme, and that such appointments for the purpose of subsequent superannuation shall be reckoned from the dates of the original appointments.
That one central officer be appointed to act as Secretary to the County Board of Health, and to perform in addition any other services that may be appointed.
That on a day to be appointed by the County Board of Health, the three Workhouses in the County Wicklow shall be abolished as such, and the Institutions hereinafter provided under this Scheme shall come into being.
That on a day, also to be appointed by the County Board of Health, the County Infirmary, Wicklow; the Fever Hospital, Wicklow; the Fever Hospital, Arklow; and the Fever Hospital, Newtown-Mount-Kennedy, shall be abolished and the services rendered hitherto, by these Institutions shall come under the control of the County Board of Health through the Central County Hospital, to be established pursuant to paragraph 17 of this Scheme.
That one Home for the aged and infirm, chronic invalids, and expectant mothers shall be established for County Wicklow, and that the buildings at Rathdrum shall be utilised for the purpose.
17 (a) That one County Hospital shall be established for County Wicklow, and that the buildings now used as County Infirmary and Fever Hospital at Wicklow shall be utilised for the Hospital, and employed for the purpose of treating all acute cases on a paying basis, destitute patients to be paid for by the County.
17 (b). That one Fever Hospital for the County be established at Shillelagh, and that the buildings there be utilised for the purpose.
That the system of boarding out shall be applied to all persons eligible for same, and that only those to whom this system cannot be applied shall receive institutional treatment.
That the term “Outdoor Relief” shall disappear, and that “Home Help” shall be substituted therefor.
That as under the new system there will be no Relieving. Officers, applications for “Home Help” shall be made on special forms which, when dealt with by the Local Committee, shall be forwarded to the County Board of Health.
To meet urgent cases every member of the Committee appointed under this Scheme shall be supplied with Emergency Help Forms, which shall also be used in cases formerly dealt with by Relieving Officers, where it is necessary to provide for burials, or to supply coffins. Such member shall also be empowered to issue, in urgent cases, tickets for admission to the County Home, or the County Hospital; to engage cars for the conveyance of applicants, and suitable attendance if requisite. Just as in cases involving applications for Home Help, all cases of Emergency Help shall be brought, on the prescribed form, before the next meeting of the Committee for the area concerned.
Prior to admission to the County Home, the aged or infirm person, if he (or she) be in receipt of a pension or other allowance, must
- (a) Sign an agreement handing over the pension or allowance, or pay 10s. per week or other agreed sum, to the County Board of Health.
- (b) Or sign an order authorising the Secretary to the Board to draw the pension or allowance on his (or her) behalf, and to lodge it to the credit of the County Board of Health.
- (c) Said agreements to be signed before the Committee, or, in cases of urgency, before any member thereof.
No person to be admitted to the County Home until it is proved conclusively that he (or she) cannot be maintained outside.
The Relieving Officers, also acting as Sub-sanitary Officers, shall relinquish both appointments.
The Office of Sub-sanitary Officer shall be abolished and there shall be in each Urban and Rural District area one Public Health Inspector (not a Medical Officer) who must possess necessary training in his duties, and who will be available to fulfil other duties for the Council, by whom he shall have been appointed.
That each officer of any Board of Guardians, Joint Committee of Management, or other Authority, whose position is affected by this Scheme shall relinquish office on a date to be fixed by the County Board of Health, and shall be paid compensation or a superannuation allowance for loss of office, at a rate computed in accordance with the terms of Circular No. 52, issued by the Minister for Local Government, and dated 27th September, 1921, and No. 55, dated 18th October, 1921. To give effect to this paragraph Boards of Guardians and Joint Committees of Management shall give the necessary notice of abolition of office to each official concerned and shall pass a resolution granting to such official compensation, or a superannuation allowance computed as defined.
That the County Council supply the County Board of Health with the necessary funds for the administration of the duties entrusted to it on an Annual Estimate and Demand made by the Board on the Council in accordance with the procedure provided by Article 45 of the Accounts Order, 1905, modified and adapted to this purpose.
That for the present financial year the County Council, on receipt of Demands from the County Board of Health, shall advance from time to time, as may be required, such sums of money as will be sufficient to meet its requirements.
That the Accounts of the County Board of Health shall be audited half-yearly by an Auditor appointed by the Local Government Department, and that existing enactments and regulations as to audit be adapted accordingly. Further, the County Board of Health shall report, as fully as may be required, half-yearly, to the County Council on the several matters entrusted to it under this Scheme.
That the area of charge for the services rendered pursuant to this Scheme by the County Board of Health, be as at present, and for this purpose each Urban District in the County be grouped with the adjoining Rural District as heretofore.
That the charges for maintaining the County Home and County Hospital be reckoned at per head and calculated on the collective number of days system.
That a Stocktaker be appointed, subject to the sanction of the Local Government Department of Dáil Eireann, by the County Board of Health to value all articles in the different Institutions affected by the Scheme, and that each Rural District be credited with the value of such articles as are taken over by the County Board of Health.
That upon this Scheme becoming operative all necessary financial adjustments shall be made as between Boards of Guardians, Joint Committees of Management, Rural Councils, the County Council, and County Board of Health.
The County Board of Health shall assume responsibility for loans due by the several Boards of Guardians.
That each Board of Guardians be responsible for the transfer of their own inmates to the County Home or County Hospital, on a date to be fixed by the County Board of Health, failing which the said County Board of Health shall be empowered to board out children and such other inmates as they consider advisable; to discharge able-bodied persons, to arrange for the transfer of the remainder to the County Home or County Hospital, and to do all other things necessary to give effect to the Scheme.
That on a date to be fixed by the County Board of Health “Unions” as administrative areas shall be abolished and Boards of Guardians shall cease to function.
That the County Board of Health shall, as early as practicable, adopt, subject to sanction by the Department, Standing Orders for the Regulations of Procedure and Business.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
| Counties. | Date of Scheme coming into operation. | Date of Amendments coming into operation. |
| Cavan | 16th September, 1921 | 25th March, 1922. |
| Clare | 26th October, 1921 | — |
| Galway | 22nd November, 1921 | — |
| Kerry | 1st August, 1921 | — |
| Kildare | 14th February, 1922 | — |
| Kilkenny | 7th November, 1921 | — |
| Laoighis | 1st May, 1921 | 30th November 1922 |
| Leitrim | 5th November, 1921 | — |
| Limerick County Borough | 2nd March, 1922 | — |
| Limerick County | 27th June, 1921 | — |
| Longford | 4th April, 1922 | — |
| Mayo | 1st October, 1921 | — |
| Meath | 18th November, 1921 | — |
| Monaghan | 9th September, 1921 | — |
| Offaly | 4th August, 1921 | — |
| Roscommon | 21st March, 1921 | — |
| Sligo | 26th September, 1921 | — |
| Tirconaill | 6th December, 1921 | — |
| Waterford | 22nd November, 1921 | — |
| Westmeath | 1st August, 1921 | — |
| Wexford | 25th October, 1921 | — |
| Wicklow | 16th November, 1921 | — |
THIRD SCHEDULE.
| Sums of Money. | Sums of Money. | Sums of Money. | Local Authority to which advanced. | Date of Advance. | Date for Repayment. |
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 4,400 | 0 | 0 | Wexford County Council. | 17 th August, 1921. | 20th September, 1923. |
| 3,000 | 0 | 0 | Kerry County Council. | 19th August, 1921. | 30th September, 1923. |
| 4,400 | 0 | 0 | Donegal County Council. | 3rd October, 1921. | 20th September, 1923. |
FOURTH SCHEDULE.
| Sums of Money. | Sums of Money. | Sums of Money. | Local Authority by which paid. | Date on which paid. | Person to whom paid. |
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 4,000 | 0 | 0 | Mayo County Council. | 31st December, 1922. | The Minister. |
| 500 | 0 | 0 | Roscommon County Council. | 25th February, 1922. | The Minister. |
| 2,500 | 0 | 0 | Roscommon County Council. | 25th February, 1922. | The Minister. |
| 2,500 | 0 | 0 | Monaghan County Council. | 29th August, 1922. | The Minister. |
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