Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I received a letter from the Cathaoirleach before I came to the Chamber which stated he did not intend to take any further the matter of the vote which was not called on the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009. We had a number of serious concerns about the fact that a vote was not taken by you, a Chathaoirigh, despite a vote having been called for by Senators Norris, Cummins and others. While you do not intend to take the matter any further, I asked that it would be referred to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and the parliamentary adviser because of concerns on this side of the House about what happened. I am informing the House that I will raise it at the Committee on Procedure and Privileges because the vote was called but, as far as we are concerned on this side of the House, agreement was not reached during the procedures last week.