Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature

Senator Maurice Cummins

I move:

That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013 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, 38; Níl, 6.

Tá

Bradford, Paul.
Brennan, Terry.
Burke, Colm.
Clune, Deirdre.
Coghlan, Eamonn.
Coghlan, Paul.
Comiskey, Michael.
Conway, Martin.
Cummins, Maurice.
D'Arcy, Jim.
D'Arcy, Michael.
Gilroy, John.
Harte, Jimmy.
Hayden, Aideen.
Healy Eames, Fidelma.
Higgins, Lorraine.
Keane, Cáit.
Landy, Denis.
Mac Conghail, Fiach.
MacSharry, Marc.
Moloney, Marie.
Mooney, Paschal.
Moran, Mary.
Mulcahy, Tony.
Mullins, Michael.
Noone, Catherine.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Donnell, Marie-Louise.
O'Keeffe, Susan.
O'Neill, Pat.
O'Sullivan, Ned.
Ó Domhnaill, Brian.
Power, Averil.
van Turnhout, Jillian.
Whelan, John.
White, Mary M.
Wilson, Diarmuid.
Zappone, Katherine.

Níl

Barrett, Sean D.
Crown, John.
Cullinane, David.
Heffernan, James.
Ó Clochartaigh, Trevor.
Reilly, Kathryn.

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Aideen Hayden; Níl, Senators David Cullinane and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.

Question declared carried.

An Cathaoirleach

When is it proposed to sit again?

Senator Maurice Cummins

I am tempted to order the business now. The House will sit at noon.

The Seanad adjourned at 5.55 a.m. until noon on Thursday, 7 February 2013.

Seanad Éireann debate - Wednesday, 6 Feb 2013