Minutes of the Administrative Council which took place on 24 Sept 1980 principally concerning: approval of Party programme for presentation to Party conference; resignation of the General Secretary; appointment of Seamus Scally as Acting General Secretary; appointment of conference arrangements committee; amendment of standing orders for Dáil selection conventions; adoption of draft sections of the Annual report; motion regarding penal reform; motion regarding provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners in Northern Ireland; and policy statement on International Development Co-operation. Minutes signed my Michael Ferris, Acting Chair. Also includes: report of the International Secretary; draft of section five of the Annual report concerning international affairs; draft of section one of the Annual Report concerning the Administrative Council; text of motion concerning provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners in Her Majesty's Prison Maze, ‘H-Block’, Belfast, Northern Ireland; correspondence from Brendan Halligan to Michael D[aniel] Higgins, Party Chair, resigning from the post of General Secretary, dated 24 Sept 1980; policy statement on International Development Co-operation; and second draft of the Party programme dated 24 Sept 1980. (84 pp)