I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 2b on the Supplementary Order Paper be taken now.
Business of Seanad
Is that agreed?
It is not agreed.
Question put: "That No. 2b on the Supplementary Order Paper be taken now."
The Seanad divided: Tá, 21; Níl, 14.
Tá
- Bacik, Ivana.
- Brennan, Terry.
- Burke, Colm.
- Coghlan, Eamonn.
- Coghlan, Paul.
- Comiskey, Michael.
- Conway, Martin.
- Cummins, Maurice.
- D'Arcy, Michael.
- Gilroy, John.
- Hayden, Aideen.
- Keane, Cáit.
- Landy, Denis.
- Mac Conghail, Fiach.
- Moloney, Marie.
- Moran, Mary.
- Mulcahy, Tony.
- Mullins, Michael.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- O'Keeffe, Susan.
- O'Neill, Pat.
Níl
- Barrett, Sean D.
- Craughwell, Gerard P.
- Crown, John.
- Cullinane, David.
- Daly, Mark.
- Healy Eames, Fidelma.
- Leyden, Terry.
- Mullen, Rónán.
- Ó Clochartaigh, Trevor.
- Ó Domhnaill, Brian.
- Ó Murchú, Labhrás.
- O'Donovan, Denis.
- O'Sullivan, Ned.
- Wilson, Diarmuid.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Aideen Hayden; Níl, Senators Terry Leyden and Ned O'Sullivan.
Question declared carried.
Senator Gerard P. Craughwell wishes to raise a point of order.
A comment was made about teachers. As a former president of a teachers' union, I ask the Senator who made the comment to state categorically that she was not referring to me.
The Senator made a general statement. No Senator was named in the House, as the Official Report will show. There are a number of other teachers in the Seanad.
I am also a teacher and I am not in the least offended.
Senator Gerard P. Craughwell was not named.
The Cathaoirleach has ruled on many occasions that a person does not have to be named to be identified.
The person must be identified.
Senator Gerard P. Craughwell was the only teacher to speak.
A general statement was made and no one was identified. I have always ruled that people should not be named in the House.
The intention was to identify.
Nobody was identified in the House.
The speaker tried to identify a Senator without naming anyone, which is the same as identifying him.
On a point of order, I believe the comment was directed at Senator Gerard P. Craughwell. As a former teacher, it could not have been directed at me because I praised the green flag scheme which Senator Cáit Keane knocked.
It was not directed at anyone. Senator Fidelma Healy Eames should resume her seat.
I propose that the House adjourn until noon on Monday.
Some of the Senators on the Government side had too much of the teachers or perhaps it was Teacher's this evening.
I pay tribute to the Oireachtas and departmental staff for showing good grace in supporting Senators in making legislation.
Does the Leader wish to formally move the motion?