Seanad Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 23 Jan 2014

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature

Senator Maurice Cummins

I move:

That, pursuant to subsection 2o of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Local Government Reform 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, 23; Níl, 18.

Tá

• Bacik, Ivana.
• Brennan, Terry.
• Burke, Colm.
• Clune, Deirdre.
• Coghlan, Eamonn.
• Coghlan, Paul.
• Comiskey, Michael.
• Conway, Martin.
• Cummins, Maurice.
• D'Arcy, Jim.
• D'Arcy, Michael.
• Hayden, Aideen.
• Higgins, Lorraine.
• Keane, Cáit.
• Kelly, John.
• Moloney, Marie.
• Moran, Mary.
• Mullins, Michael.
• Naughton, Hildegarde.
• Noone, Catherine.
• O'Neill, Pat.
• Sheahan, Tom.
• Whelan, John.

Níl

• Barrett, Sean D.
• Byrne, Thomas.
• Crown, John.
• Cullinane, David.
• Daly, Mark.
• Leyden, Terry.
• MacSharry, Marc.
• Mooney, Paschal.
• Mullen, Rónán.
• Ó Clochartaigh, Trevor.
• Ó Domhnaill, Brian.
• O'Brien, Darragh.
• Power, Averil.
• Quinn, Feargal.
• van Turnhout, Jillian.
• Walsh, Jim.
• Wilson, Diarmuid.
• Zappone, Katherine.

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Aideen Hayden; Níl, Senators Paschal Mooney and Diarmuid Wilson.

Question declared carried.