Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. 1 is the election of a Vice Chairman. I propose we now commence with the nomination and appointment of a Vice Chairman. I understand the clerk to the committee has received two nominations. The first is Deputy James Lawless, nominated by Deputy Brendan Smith. The second is Seanadóir Niall Ó Donnghaile, nominated by Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn. As there is more than one nomination for the position of Vice Chairman, Standing Orders state I must deal with them in the order in which I received them. We can take the vote now and everyone can stay in the room for the vote. The first nomination received by the clerk to the committee was that of Deputy Lawless. I will put the question, each members' name will be called and then members say "Yes"or "No". Is that clear to everybody?