, presented a motion for alteration of the Constitution in following terms:
The Ministry shall consist of the President of the Republic who shall also be Prime Minister and be elected by Dáil Éireann, and not more than nine Executive officers including:—
A Secretary of Foreign Affairs
A Secretary of Home Affairs
A Secretary of National Defence
A Secretary of Finance
each of whom the President shall nominate and have power to dismiss.
I shall propose at the next meeting of An Dáil that clause (b), Article 2, of Constitution shall read as above.
Signed CATHAL BRUGHA 20/7/21.
He said they understood it was necessary to improve it. He formally proposed its adoption.