While the report did not contain these specific ‘propositions’, summary budget priorities were subsequently drawn up at the request of the Department of the Taoiseach by the same sub-committee and adopted by the Council for submission to the Taoiseach in May 1959.

However, Seán O Faoláin resigned in July 1959  to take up a new post of resident Fellow and Lecturer at Princeton University New Jersey, America  and ‘these propositions’ were put on hold until the appointment of a new Director.

Monsignor de Brún took up office in November 1959 and The Special Report (Director) was back on the Council agenda at the January meeting in 1960:

‘If the matter is to be proceeded with, it is necessary for the Council:

1.  to appoint a sub-committee to examine these ‘Propositions’, about one clause of which the previous sub-committee disagreed, and to decide on certain small amendments necessitated by the passage of time, and
2.  to authorise the Secretary to forward the amended Propositions to the Taoiseach, and to ask the Taoiseach to nominate a date for the reception of a deputation.’

On 27 February 1960, a five-page document was eventually submitted to the Taoiseach along with a request for a deputation. Sadly circumstances changed with the death of Monsignor de Brún.

Under the term of the new Director, Rev. Donal O’Sullivan, a new request was formulated on the 6 October 1960 to the Taoiseach’s Department. The request suggested that the Taoiseach ‘receive the deputation on a date prior to that on which the Council will be asked to prepare their Estimate in respect of the forthcoming financial year’.

An appointment with the Taoiseach was arranged for Monday 31 October 1960 at 3.30 p.m. On this occasion, a deputation consisting of the Director, Dr C.S. Andrews, Michael Scott, Council members and Mervyn Wall, Secretary, met with the Taoiseach Seán Lemass .

The Council budget for 1960/1961 was £30,000 – an increase of 10,000 on the previous year’s budget.