Seanad debates
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009: Motion
3:00 pm
Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)
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I move:
That Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft:
Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2009,
copies of which were laid before Seanad Éireann on 20th November, 2009.
Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael)
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On a point of order, I do not accept that the motion should be accepted without debate.
Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael)
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The elections have been postponed for three years.
Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)
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That is not a point of order. It has been agreed that the motion which has been referred from the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will be taken without debate.
Paudie CoffeyJoe O'Reilly (Fine Gael)
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We do not agree that the motion should be taken without debate.
4:00 pm
The Dail Divided:
For the motion: 27 (Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Ivor Callely, James Carroll, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Maria Corrigan, Mark Daly, Déirdre de Búrca, John Ellis, Geraldine Feeney, Camillus Glynn, John Gerard Hanafin, Cecilia Keaveney, Terry Leyden, Marc MacSharry, Brian Ó Domhnaill, Labhrás Ó Murchú, Francis O'Brien, Denis O'Donovan, Fiona O'Malley, Ned O'Sullivan, Ann Ormonde, Kieran Phelan, Mary White, Diarmuid Wilson)
Against the motion: 22 (Ivana Bacik, Paul Bradford, Paddy Burke, Jerry Buttimer, Ciarán Cannon, Paudie Coffey, Paul Coghlan, Maurice Cummins, Pearse Doherty, Paschal Donohoe, Frances Fitzgerald, Dominic Hannigan, Nicky McFadden, Rónán Mullen, David Norris, Joe O'Reilly, John Paul Phelan, Phil Prendergast, Feargal Quinn, Eugene Regan, Brendan Ryan, Liam Twomey)
Tellers: Tá, Senators Camillus Glynn and Diarmuid Wilson; Níl, Senators Maurice Cummins and Joe O'Reilly.
Question declared carried.