Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
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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 Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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Is the motion agreed?

Senators:

No.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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I ask Members to resume their seats. The question is "That the motion be agreed to" and on that question a division has been challenged.

Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
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We called a division on the actual Bill itself on numerous occasions. It came from both sides.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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Tellers: Tá, Senator Diarmuid Wilson and Senator Camillus Glynn; Níl, Senator Maurice Cummins and Senator Paschal Donohoe.

Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
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It is bad enough to be stifling debate in this House rather than displaying this type of an attitude, too, a Chathaorligh.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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The time allowed for voting is one minute and the time starts now.

Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
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This is absolutely undemocratic.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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It is not.

Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)
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I heard Senator Norris clearly call for a vote. It will take a number of minutes to have a vote on this Bill. All of us on this side of the House want to vote on this Bill, and a vote was called — we can check the transcripts.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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No vote was called. I did not hear it.

Dominic Hannigan (Labour)
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On a point of order, I suggest we adjourn the House and that a recording is listened to.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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There is no point of order. The question has been put.

Dominic Hannigan (Labour)
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The record will clearly show that several Members called for a vote. If we adjourn the House——

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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There is no point of order.

Dominic Hannigan (Labour)
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——for ten minutes, this can probably be clarified.

Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)
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I would like a manual vote.

Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)
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We want a walk through vote.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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The vote will now proceed.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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When is it proposed to sit again?

David Norris (Independent)
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I would like to raise what I believe is a point of order.

Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
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At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 January 2009.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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The House——

David Norris (Independent)
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I would like to raise what I believe is a point of order.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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What is the point of order? I cannot hear the Senator.

David Norris (Independent)
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That is precisely the problem.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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What is the point of order?

David Norris (Independent)
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The point of order is this - I say it with no disrespect and no intention to comment adversely upon your performance as Cathaoirleach - it seems that the responsibilities of the Chair include ensuring that the debate is audible and that comments are heard. The minute this row started I very clearly started shouting "Vótáil, vótáil, vótáil". I have been heard at the back of a 3,000 seater auditorium and I cannot understand——

Nicky McFadden (Fine Gael)
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So did I.

Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)
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I also did the same.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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I am quite clear in my mind as Cathaoirleach, and I want to be fair to everyone, that I did not hear anyone call "vótáil"——

David Norris (Independent)
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I accept that.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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——-when I went through that particular section at the end, but when I called the early signature motion, I heard a number of people call "vótáil" on that.

David Norris (Independent)
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I quite understand that you might have had difficulty hearing it because there was a hubbub and discussion and ruaille buaille going on, but in those circumstances, the House should have been adjourned so that people like myself who very clearly called for a vote on this important Bill could be heard. All my colleagues over here have supported me. They all heard me shouting it.

Senators:

Hear, hear.

Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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I have made my decision on that. The business is completed and the House stands adjourned until 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.