ICLE 34.

The Chamber/Dail Eireann shall in relation to the subject matter of money
bills as hereinafter defined have legislative authority exclusive of the
Senate/Seanad Eireann.

A money Bill means a Bill which contains only provisions dealing with all
or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal,
remission, alteration or regulation of taxation; the imposition for the
payment of debt or other financial purposes of charges on public moneys or
the variation or repeal of any such charges; supply; the appropriation,
receipt, custody, issue or audit of accounts of public money; the raising
or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof; subordinate matters
incidental to those subjects or any of them. In this definition the
expressions "taxation," "public money" and "loan" respectively do not
include any taxation, money or loan raised by local authorities or bodies
for local purposes.

The Chairman of the Chamber/Dail shall certify any bill which in his
opinion is a money bill to be a money bill, but, if within three days
after a Bill has been passed by the Chamber/Dail, two-fifths of the
members of either House by notice in writing addressed to the Chairman of
the House of which they are members so require, the question whether the
Bill is or is not a money bill shall be referred to a Committee of
Privileges consisting of three members elected by each House with a
Chairman who shall be the senior judge of the Supreme Court able and
willing to act and who, in the case of an equality of votes, but not
otherwise, shall be entitled to vote. The decision of the Committee on the
question shall be final and conclusive.

ARTICLE 35.

The Chamber/Dail Eireann shall as soon as possible after the commencement
of each financial year consider the Budget of receipts and expenditure of
the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann for that year, and, save in so far
as may be provided by specific enactment in each case, the legislation
required to give effect to the Budget of each year shall be enacted within
that year.

ARTICLE 36.

Money shall not be appropriated by vote, resolution or law, unless the
purpose of the appropriation has in the same session been recommended by a
message from the Representative of the Crown acting on the advice of the
Executive Council.

ARTICLE 37.

Every Bill initiated in and passed by the Chamber/Dail Eireann shall be
sent to the Senate/Seanad Eireann and may, unless it be a Mon