Seanad debates

Thursday, 28 March 2013

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature

 

1:55 pm

Photo of Paul CoghlanPaul Coghlan (Fine Gael)
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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 Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) 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, 22; Níl, 7.

Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Coghlan and Aideen Hayden; Níl, Senators Marc MacSharry and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.

Question declared carried.

2:00 pm

Photo of Paddy BurkePaddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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When is it proposed to sit again?

Photo of Paul CoghlanPaul Coghlan (Fine Gael)
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I propose that the House stands adjourned sine die.

Photo of Paddy BurkePaddy Burke (Fine Gael)
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Is that agreed? Agreed.

On behalf of all the Senators, rather than they all doing so, I wish them all a happy Easter.