Seanad Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 8 Jun 1966

Vol. 61 No. 8

Electricity (Special Provisions) Bill, 1966: Motion for Early Signature.

Mr. E. Ryan

I move:

That, pursuant to subsection 2 of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concur with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Electricity (Special Provisions) Bill, 1966, on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Question put.

The Seanad divided: Tá, 35; Níl, 6.

Tá

• Ahern, Liam.
• Boland, Gerald.
• Brennan, John J.
• Browne, Seán.
• Carton, Victor.
• Cole, John C.
• Conlan, John F.
• Dolan, Séamus.
• Eachthéirn, Cáit Uí.
• Egan, Kieran P.
• Farrell, Joseph.
• FitzGerald, Garret M.D.
• Fitzsimons, Patrick.
• Honan, Dermot P.
• Killilea, Mark.
• Lenehan, Joseph R.
• McDonald, Charles.
• McGlinchey, Bernard.
• McGowan, Patrick.
• Malone, Patrick.
• Mannion, John.
• Martin, James J.
• Nash, John Joseph.
• Ó Donnabháin, Seán.
• O'Kennedy, Michael.
• O'Quigley, John B.
• O'Reilly, Patrick (Longford).
• Ormonde, John.
• O'Sullivan, Denis J.
• O'Sullivan, Ted.
• Ryan, Eoin.
• Ryan, James.
• Ryan, Patrick W.
• Ryan, William.
• Yeats, Michael.

Níl

• Crowley, Patrick.
• Davidson, Mary F.
• Fitzgerald, John.
• McAuliffe, Timothy.
• McQuillan, Jack.
• Murphy, Dominick F.

Tellers: Tá, Senators Browne and Farrell; Níl, Senators Murphy and McQuillan.

Question declared carried.

The Seanad adjourned at 10.10 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 15th June, 1966.